Itzhak Beliner, noted Yiddish poet, died here yesterday at the age of 57. He was born in Lodz and came to Mexico in 1922, where he became active in Jewish cultural life. He was the author of a number of volumes of Jewish poetry and the recipient of the 1955 Zvi Kessel Prize for poetry.
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