Miriam Ulinover
Manya Hirshbeyn, known primarily as Miriam Ulinover or Miryem 'Ulinover', was a Yiddish-language poet. She is regarded for her folkloristic style and for being one of few religious and Orthodox Jewish women poets of her time.
Personal life
Ulinover was born on 22 February 1890 in Łódź to parents Shimen and Sheyndl Hirshbeyn. Her parents divorced in 1905. She spent some of her childhood with her maternal grandfather, Talmudic scholar Shaye Gerzon, in the shtetl Krzepice. Ulinover, however, lived for the majority of her life in Łódź.Writing career
Sholem Aleichem inspired Ulinover to start writing when he met her in Łódź in 1905. Ulinover is known for writing folk poetry and is renowned for being one of few religiously observant Jewish women to write poetry.Some of Ulinover's poetry was featured in Ezra Korman's 1928 collection of Yiddish women poetry titled Yidishe dikhterins.
In 1922, Ulinover published her own book of poetry with the help of David Frischmann, titled Der bobes oytser.