Shtaynberg, Khane
June 10, 1896–February 4, 1942
She was a poet, born in Kamenets-Podolsk (Kamianets-Podilskyi). She graduated from a Russian high school. In 1914 she emigrated to Montreal.
She began publishing poetry in Royerd (Raw Earth). She contributed as well to: Keneder Adler (Keneder Odler, Canadian Eagle) from 1927, Nuansn (Nuances), and Montreol (Montreal)—in Montreal; and Nyu-Yorker Vokhnblat (New York Weekly Newspaper) and Di Feder (The Pen) in New York; among others.
In book form: Bleter in Vint, Lider (Pages in the Wind, Poetry) (Montreal, 1944), 74 pp.
She died in Montreal.
Sources: Kh. M. Kayzerman, Idishe Dikhter in Kanade (Yiddish Poets in Canada) (Montreal, 1934), pp. 113-15; Moyshe-Mortkhe Shafir, in Toronter Vokhnblat (Toronto Weekly Newspaper) (Toronto) (February 9, 1945); B. Grin, in Morgn Frayhayt (new York) (February 16, 1945).