Dovid Gofshteyn
1889–1952
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- poet
Dovid Hofshteyn (Yiddish: דוד האָפשטיין Dovid Hofshteyn, Russian: Дави́д Нау́мович Гофште́йн; June 12, 1889 in Korostyshiv – August 12, 1952), also transliterated as David Hofstein, was a Yiddish poet.
Incarceration history
- Lefortovo PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Dovid Hofshteyn (Yiddish: דוד האָפשטיין Dovid Hofshteyn, Russian: Дави́д Нау́мович Гофште́йн; June 12, 1889 in Korostyshiv – August 12, 1952), also transliterated as David Hofstein, was a Yiddish poet. He was one of the 13 Jewish intellectuals executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets.