Mani Leib Brahinsky, noted Jewish poet who gained wide fame under the name of Mani Leib, died here today at the age of 70. A member of the editorial staff of the Jewish Daily Forward and author of numerous volumes of poetry, he was considered the outstanding Jewish poet of the current era.
Born in Niezhian, Russia, he came to the United States in 1905 after he succeeded in escaping from the Czarist regime where he was imprisoned for Socialist activities. He worked in a shoe factory for several years, at the same time devoting his free time to writing. He was known throughout the Jewish world through his poems and anthologies of poetry which he edited. Many of his poems have been translated into English and other languages.
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