Semyatitsky (Semjatizky) Chaim (1908, Białystok, Grodno Province — 1943, Vilnius) — poet, publicist.

Chaim Semyatitsky was born into the family of a rabbi and passed the examinations qualifying him as a rabbi.

From 1929, he lived in Warsaw, where he published his first poems in the Yiddish newspaper “Haynt.” He published poetry, short stories, and literary essays in Jewish periodicals in Warsaw, Riga, Białystok, and New York.

In 1935, his first poetry collection, “Oysgeshtrekte hent” (“Outstretched Hands”), was published in Warsaw. His second collection, “Tropns toy” (“Drops of Dew”), published there in 1938, was awarded the I. L. Peretz Prize of the Jewish PEN Club in Poland.

From 1939 to 1941, he lived in Białystok, and later in Vilnius.

He perished in 1943 in Vilnius, during the Holocaust.