Tevel-Hokhban, Meshulem
He came from Ostre (Ostróg), Volhynia. He lived in Vilna, Kiev, and Berdichev. He was a popular Yiddish-Hebrew teacher.
He authored: Der Bilbl oder di Libe on Hofnung, Eyn Hekhst Interesanter Roman (The Blood Libel or Love Without Hope, a Truly Interesting Novel), “a story from Jewish life” (Berdichev, 1887), 68 pp.; and Di Frukht der Ferbotene Libe oder di Getreye Tokhter (The Fruit of Forbidden Love or the Faithful Daughter), “a truly interesting novel in three parts,” part 1 (Odessa, 1900), 98 pp., parts 2 and 3 (Vilna, 1901), 120 pp.—it appeared in a number of different editions, the final one out of Warsaw in 1910.
Source: Salomon Esbikher (Sholem-Aleykhem), in Yudishe Folksbiblyotek (Jewish People’s Library), vol. 1 (Kiev, 188).