# Sholem Shtern

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{{Short description|Canadian Yiddish poet and novelist}}
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'''Sholem Shtern''' ({{langx|yi|שלום שטערן}}; {{circa|1907}} – August 1990) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadian) [Yiddish](/source/Yiddish) poet, novelist, and [critic](/source/Literary_criticism), best known for his [novels in verse](/source/Verse_novel) depicting the life of [Jewish immigrants in Canada](/source/History_of_the_Jews_in_Canada).

Shtern was born in 1906 or 1907 in [Tishevitz](/source/Tyszowce), [Poland](/source/Poland), and immigrated to Canada in 1927. He was a member of a prominent Yiddish literary family in Montreal, and became associated with the [radical](/source/Political_radicalism) movement.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shtern, Sholem [after 1927]-1990|date=19 July 2001|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/literaryarchives/027011-200.123-e.html|website=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref> His collections of poetry include ''Noentkeyt'' (Toronto, 1929) and ''Inderfri'' (Montreal, 1945), and his novels include such works as ''In Kanade'' (Montreal, 1960–63), a two-volume novel in Yiddish verse.<ref name=jvl>{{cite web|title=Shtern|website=Jewish Virtual Library|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/shtern|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sholem Shtern |url=https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/search?query=sholem%20shtern&restrict=&page=0 |website=Yiddish Book Center}}</ref>

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Category:1900s births
Category:1990 deaths
Category:Burials at Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal
Category:Jewish Canadian novelists
Category:Jewish poets
Category:People from Tomaszów County, Lublin Voivodeship
Category:Polish emigrants to Canada
Category:Poets from Montreal
Category:Yiddish culture in Quebec
Category:Yiddish-language poets

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