Background
BERGEL’SON, David was born on August 12, 1884 in village Orkhimovo, now Cherkassy Oblast.
BERGEL’SON, David was born on August 12, 1884 in village Orkhimovo, now Cherkassy Oblast.
1909 first works published. 1921 left Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and lived mostly in Berlin. Contributed to newspaper "Vorwärts”.
1925 began publishing journal V upryazhke, in which he appealed to Jewish intellectuals to serve the Revol. Returned to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics for two visits. 1929 settled down in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, where he became one of the leading Jewish writers.