Dina Blond
Academic and linguist
About Dina Blond
Lived 1877 – 1985 (aged 107–108). Dina Blond was a Polish and American.
Dina Blond (1 March 1887 - 1985) was a prominent member of the Jewish Labour Bund in Poland and a prolific Yiddish translator. She translated over 30 works of world literature into Yiddish from German, English, and Russian.
She was born Shayne-Feygl Szapiro in Vilna, then a part of the Russian Empire, later in Second Polish Republic.
In the mid-1920s Blond became chairwoman of the Bund's women's organisation, the Yidisher Arbeter Froy (YAF). She was also editor of the women's page of the party newspaper, Folkstsaytung.
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Who was Dina Blond?
academic and linguist
When was Dina Blond born?
Dina Blond was born on 1 March 1877 in Vilnius.
When did Dina Blond die?
Dina Blond died in 1985 in New York City.
What nationality was Dina Blond?
Dina Blond was Polish and American.
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