Tshernis, Yasha (1909–1977)
1909–1977
approx. 67 - 68 years
He was born in Novogorod-Volinsk. He studied in the Odessa Pedagogical Institute. From 1932 he was living in Birobidzhan, Proskurov, Khotin, and Moscow. He wrote jottings and stories.
In later years he served as an editorial contributor to Sovetish Heymland (Soviet Homeland) in Moscow.
His work was included in the anthology In Undzere Teg (In Our Time) (Moscow: Sovetski Pisatel, 1983) 558 pp. edited by Arn Vergelis.
In book form: Der Veg keyn Kukan (The Road to Kukan) (Moscow: Sovetski Pisatel, 1984), 64 pp.
He died in Moscow.