Shaye Shkarovsky
Shaye Shkarovsky (1891–1945) was a Yiddish author who lived in the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Vidervuks (New Growth) group in and around Kiev.Gennady Estraikh, "The New Growth" in In Harness: Yiddish Writers' Romance with Communism{{cite web|url=http://www.rujen.ru/index.php/%D0%A8%D0%9A%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%98%D0%99_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9|title=Russian Jewish Encyclopedia}}
Shkarovsky was born in Bila Tserkva. His father, Isaac, was a cheder teacher and social activist. Shaye regularly donated to Zionist groups.He is regularly listed as a contributor to the Zionist Movement in theHaMelitz newspaper, between 1900–1903. In 1942 he was evacuated to Ufa during World War II, but was nonetheless killed during the war.{{cite web|url=http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=6642824&language=en|title=Yad Vashem Names Database|accessdate=27 July 2015}}
Journalism
Shkarovsky began working in journalism as an 18-year-old, contributing to the Kiev Russian Press and in 1910 in the Kiev Weekly journal, where he wrote 24 articles about Jewish literature. In 1915 he began working for a newspaper in Odessa, and in 1921 he edited a weekly Communist paper, transforming it to a daily paper. He reported from the border with Romania and covered the pogroms that swept across Ukraine, continuing to be an activism journalist well into the 1920s and 1930s.{{cite web|url=http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=52504&hilite=b8c99056-8004-4a4f-8272-1bdc3f028489&st=%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A2|title=Lexicon by Zalman Reizan}}
Books
Shkarovsky published several Yiddish books:
- Der Arshter May (Odessa, 1921)
- Ragas (Kiev, 1922)
- Kayor (Moscow, 1928)
- Kolvirt (Kiev, 1931)
- In Shniṭ Fun Tsayṭ (Kiev, 1932)
- Meron (Kharkov, 1934)
- Odes (Kiev, 1938)
- Nakhes fun Kinder (Kiev, 1938)