Joseph Bovshover
יוסף באָװשאָװער
Bovshover photographed in 1911, New York City
Born	September 30, 1873 Lyubavichi, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	December 25, 1915(1915-12-25) (aged 42) Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Other names	Basil Dahl, M. Turbov
Occupations	Poet essayist translator
Movement	Anarcho-communism

Joseph Bovshover (Yiddish: יוסף באָװשאָװער; Polish: Józef Bowszower; Russian: Иосиф Бовшовер; 1873–1915), also known as Yoysef Bovshover and under pseudonyms Basil Dahl and M. Turbov, was a Yiddish-language poet, essayist, and translator of Russian-Jewish descent. Emma Goldman described him as being a "high-strung and impulsive man of exceptional poetic gifts."^[1]

Selected works

• Poetishe verk (Yiddish: פּאָעטישע װערק; "Poetic works") (1903)
• Lider un gedikhte (Yiddish: לידער און געדיכטע; "Songs and poems") (1907)
• Bilder un gedanken (Yiddish: בילדער און געדאַנקען; "Pictures and ideas") (1907)
• Gezamlte shriftn: poezye un proze (Yiddish: געזאַמלטע שריפֿטן׃ פּאָעזיע און פּראָזע; "Collected writings: poetry and prose") (1911, reprinted in 1916)
• Shaylok (1911–1912)
• Geklibene lider (Yiddish: געקליבענע לידער; "Collected poems") (1918 and 1931)
• To the Toilers and Other Verses (1928)
• Lider (Yiddish: לידער; "Poems") (1930)
• Lider un dertseylungen (Yiddish: לידער און דערצײלונגען; "Poems and stories") (1939)