Avraham Reisen (1876 - 1953) was born in Kaidanov, near Minsk, White Russia. He received a traditional Jewish education and was tutored privately in secular subjects, including Russian and German. In 1908, Reisen’s first collection of works was published. He emigrated to the United States in 1914 and spent the rest of his life in New York City. In 1991, The Overlook Press will publish the first collection of Reisen’s fiction in English.

Fiction Stories by Avraham Reisen