Mendele Moykher Sforim
Mendele Moykher Sforim · Arts & Literature
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c. 1836, Kapyl, Russian Empire (now Belarus) — 1917, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Belarus · Ukraine
Mendele Moykher Sforim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Author
Mendele Moykher Sforim (the pen name of Sholem Yankev Abramovich) is regarded as the 'grandfather' of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature, whose satirical novels and stories forged a modern literary prose in both languages. Works like 'The Travels of Benjamin the Third' shaped generations of Jewish writers. He was Jewish.
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