Taft, Motl
March 29, 1905–
He was born in Volhynia, Ukraine. He studied in religious primary school and in a high school, later becoming a bookkeeper. He lived in Warsaw until 1939.
He published poems in the Warsaw-based Folkstsaytung (People’s Newspaper) and Foroys (Onward), among others. He wrote scenic reportage pieces that were staged by well-known Yiddish artists.
During WWII he lived in Biysk, Siberia. For a short time after the war, he worked with the theater in Shtchetshin (Szczecin), Poland. He spent the years 1946-1949 in the refugee camp of Bad Reichenhall, Germany. There he worked as co-editor of the camp bulletin, Der Morgn (The Morning), printed in Romanized transcription. He also translated poems from Polish into Yiddish.
He was last living in Israel [a/o 1961].
Source: Folkstsaytung (Warsaw) (August 13, 1937).