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Arts & Literature
Mendele Moykher Sforim
Who
Mendele Moykher Sforim · Arts & Literature
What
Author
When
c. 1836, Kapyl, Russian Empire (now Belarus) — 1917, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Where
Belarus · Ukraine
Biography
Mendele Moykher Sforim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Author
How & why
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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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Authors
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Authors
