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ROSENFARB, CHAVA (1923– ), Yiddish writer. Born in Lodz, Rosenfarb began writing at age eight and was educated at the Medem school and then at a Polish high school. In the Lodz ghetto, her poetry brought her to the attention of Simkha-Bunim *Shayevitsh, author of the epic poem "Lekh Lekho," who became her mentor and introduced her to the writers' group in the ghetto.

Upon liquidation of the ghetto (August 1944), Rosenfarb was deported to Auschwitz, and thence to Sasel and Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated.

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In 1950, she immigrated to Montreal. Her literary output after 1947 was prodigious, including four volumes of poetry: Di Balade fun Nekhtikn Vald ("The Ballad of Yesterday's Forest," 1947); Dos Lid fun Yidishn Kelner Avrom ("The Song of the Jewish Waiter Avrom," 1948); Geto un Andere Lider ("Ghetto and Other Poems," 1950), and Aroys fun Gan-Eydn ("Out of Paradise," 1965).

Her play Der Foygl fun Geto ("The Bird of the Ghetto"), about the final