Shmuel Halkin

Shmuel Halkin
שמואל האַלקין
Halkin's grave with sculptural likeness in Novodevichy Cemetery
Born
Shmuel Zalmanovich Halkin

(1897-12-05)December 5, 1897
Rahachow, Russian Empire
(now Belarus)
DiedSeptember 21, 1960(1960-09-21) (aged 62)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
Other namesSamuil Zalmanovich Galkin
OccupationPoet
Relatives

Shmuel Zalmanovich Halkin (Yiddish: שמואל האַלקין; Belarusian: Самуіл Залманавіч Галкін, romanized: Samuil Zalmanavič Halkin; Russian: Самуил Залманович Галкин, romanized: Samuil Zalmanovich Galkin; December 5, 1897 – September 21, 1960), also known as Samuil Galkin, was a Soviet poet who wrote lyric poetry and translated many writers into Yiddish.

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