Sheyngauter, Borekh
1912–
He was a prose author, born in Kam"yanets'-Podil's'kyy. He completed a seven-level Jewish school, later pursuing his studies at the Yiddish state theater in Moscow, but he did not graduate. At the start of WWII, he left with the army and took part in the fighting. After being demobilized, he returned to Moscow and worked in a series of factories as a laborer and office employee. His first story, “Di gerekhte shtrof” (The right punishment), was published in Sovetish Heymland (Soviet Homeland) in 1972.
Other works include: Di prayz fun broyt (The price of bread), documentary stories and jottings (Moscow: Sovetski Pisatel, 1986), 60 pp., a supplement to Sovetish Heymland 4 (1986).
His work was included in the anthology In Undzere Teg (In Our Time) (Moscow: Sovetski Pisatel, 1983) 558 pp. edited by Arn Vergelis.