ðə fˈɜːst əfˈɪʃəl baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi ˈæɾɚz mˈɛnæʃəm bˈɪlɡoːɹˌædʒ, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn, pˈʌblɪʃt baɪ tˌiːzˌiːvˌiːˈaɪ jˈɛʃeɪkəl mˈɪtʃɛlsən, wʌz fˈɑːloʊd baɪ jɛkjˈuːɾiːl kˈeɪmlhɑːɹz bˈeɪz mˈɛnæʃəm tˈɑːɹnoʊ, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɛvən ænd ˈæhæɹən ɹˈɑːθz mˈɛnæʃəm tˈiːzˈaɪən sˈɑːɾuː mˈɛɹ, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi fˈaɪv.
The first official biography Ateres Menachem (Bilgoraj, 1910), published by Tzvi Yechezkel Michelson, was followed by Yekutiel Kamelhar's Beis Menachem (Tarnow, 1927) and Aharon Roth's Menachem Tzion (Satu Mare, 1935).