Yefim Krimerman

Yefim Krimerman (1923–2015) was a Soviet Bessarabian poet, lyricist and journalist in the Romanian language. In he 1980 emigrated for a short time to Israel, and then settled in Germany. There he worked at Free Europe radio under the pseudonym Grigore Singurel

Yefim Krimerman
Born	Yefim Krimerman 1923 (age 101–102) Bălţi
Died	Aachen, Germany
Resting place	Germany
Other names	Efim Ciuntu-Krimerman Grigore Singurel
Citizenship	Sovyet German
Alma mater	Moldova State University
Occupation(s)	Poet, lyricist and journalist
Employer(s)	Radio Free Europe Moldavian State Philharmonic Society

Biography

Yefim Krimerman was born in Bălţi, in 1923 in a Jewish family. He graduated from the Philological Faculty of Moldova State University. Singurel worked as a lecturer and musicologist of the Moldavan State Philharmonic Society. In 1980 he moved to Israel, but soon moved to Munich, where he worked for Radio Free Europe.

Works

• Grigore Singurel, Moldavia on the Barricades of Perestroika, 1989

Lyrics for songs

• De ce plâng chitarele? (1969)
• Cântă un artist (1969)
• Pe strada însorită (1969) (composer Arkady Luxemburg)
• Fără tine (1969) (composer Arkady Luxemburg)

Bibliography

• Sovetskaya Moldavia, Chişinău, "The 'Knight' of the Lie and Slander" in Russian language, 4 September 1984, p. 3.