Bovshover Iosif (1873-1915)

Bovshover(Bowschower) Iosif (1873, Lyubavichi, Mogilev Governorate – 1915, New York) – poet.

Lived in Riga. In 1891, Iosif Bovshover emigrated to the United States. He worked in a leather workshop and was closely associated with the anarchist movement. In 1892, he began publishing poetry and short stories. He also wrote literary-critical articles and adapted and translated plays (including those of W. Shakespeare and G. Hauptmann) for Yiddish theatres. Under the pseudonym Basil Dahl, he published 11 poems in English. Due to a mental illness, he spent approximately 15 years in a psychiatric hospital, where he passed away.

Works: Poetic Works (London, 1903); Songs and Poems (London, 1907); Images and Reflections (London, 1907); Selected Works (New York, 1911); Избранные стихи. Петроград, 1918 (Selected Poems (Petrograd, 1918)).