Alter Kacyzne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alter Kacyzne

Polish photographer and writer

Date of Birth: 31-May-1885

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 07-Jul-1941

Profession: screenwriter, photographer, writer, poet

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alter Kacyzne (31 May 1885 in Vilnius, Russian Empire – 7 July 1941 in Ternopil, General Government for the Occupied Polish Territories) was a Jewish (Yiddish) writer, poet and photographer.
One of the most significant contributors to Jewish-Polish cultural life in the first half of the 20th century.
Among other things, he is particularly known as a photographer whose work immortalised Jewish life in Poland in the 1920s and 1930s.