Chaim Leib Fox

Chaim Leib Fox (born Chaim Leib Fuchs/Fuks, 1894 – 1984), was a Yiddish poet, writer and journalist associated with literary life of Łódź after World War I. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1953, Fox worked on encyclopaedic projects, contributing over 3,000 articles for the Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur and publishing Hundert yor yidishe un hebreyishe literatur in Kanade on Canadian-Jewish diaspora.

Life Chaim Leib Fuchs was born in 1894 in Łódź. He played a significant role in the literary life of the city, and joined the avant-garde artistic group Yung-yidish. His poems, essays and prose appeared in Insel, Lodzer veker, Literarishe Bleter, Folkstsaytung and Vilner tog. His poetry was rich in religious and national themes. He briefly associated with General Jewish Labour Bund, then joined the Labor Zionists. The large comprehensive volume covered 429 Yiddish and Hebrew authors who published in Canada in 1870–1970.

Fox died in 1984. Zingt Mir di Velt (1936) Sho fun Lid (1951) Di Teg Neygn di Kep (1969) Der akhter himl, lider, tefiles, poemes fun mayn velt un fun mayn erets yisroel (1974) Tsu di himlen aroyf (1982)

Novels

Gyoras Letster Veg (1939)

Nonfiction

A yidish shtetl bay der khinezish-sovetisher grenets (1958) Der yidisher khurbn in poyln in di verk fun katsenelson, broderzon un segalovitsh (1965) Lodzh shel Mayle (1972) Hundert yor yidishe un hebreyishe literatur in Kanade (1980)