MARKISH, PERETZ

(1895-1952)

Ukrainian Yiddish poet, novelist and playwright. Born in Volhynia, he left Russia in 1921 and lived in Poland and France. From 1921 to 1926 he wrote poetry about the anti-Jewish pogroms in the Ukraine. In 1926 he returned to the USSR, where he published epic poems and novels. He was accused of Jewish natonalism and executed.