Yanover, Ezriel
December 26, 1875–January 31, 1938
He was born in Tshemirovits (Chemerivtsi), Ukraine. He studied in religious primary school and in a small Hassidic conventicle. In 1895 he left for Bessarabia and worked initially as a teacher in a village and later in Chotin (Hotin), where he was active in the Jewish Culture League and for a time was a member of the Jewish community council.
He published poems and articles in: Dos Naye Lebn (The New Life), Dos Vort (The Word), and Unzer Tsayt (Our Time) in Czernowitz; and Oyfgang (Arise) (1933-1936) and Marmoresher Bleter (Marmației Newspaper) in Sighet-Marmației; and elsewhere.
His play, Di Geshterte Libe (The Hindered Love), was staged in Chotin under his own direction.
He died in Chotin. He left in manuscript a volume of poetry and several one-act plays.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 1; Z. Kirshner, in Unzer Tsayt (Czernowitz) (February 2, 1938).