Shamis, Sholi
He was born (first name: Sholem) in Kretshme (?), near Zvihil (Novohrad-Volynskyy), Volhynia. He was raised in Kaminebrod (Kam’yanyi Brid). For a short time, he worked as a teacher in the community. He worked for many years in factories in Odessa and other cities.
From 1909 he was publishing impressions in: Naye Velt (New World) in Warsaw; Gut-Morgen (Good Morning), Unzer Leben (Our Life), and Odeser Arbeter (Odessa Laborer) in Odessa; and in the Soviet Yiddish press.
He published the booklet: Frihlingsfunken (Sparks of Spring), poetry (Odessa: Yugend, 1912), 16 pp.
Source: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 4.
