Sholem Aleichem

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Yiddish writer humorist person playwright writer

Sholem Aleichem was a seminal Yiddish author and playwright, best known for his humorous and poignant stories of Eastern European Jewish life, including the Tevye the Dairyman tales that inspired "Fiddler on the Roof."

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Label Occurrences
Sholem Aleichem canonical 21
Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem 1

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instanceOf Yiddish writer ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alternateName Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
surface form: Sholem Aleichem Rabinovitsh

Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
birthName Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1859-03-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1916-05-13 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Ashkenazi Jews
fieldOfWork fiction ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
humor ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
hasHeritage Ukrainian Jew ⓘ
influenced Jewish American literature ⓘ
Yiddish literature ⓘ
inspiredWork Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
movement Yiddish literature ⓘ
notableFor depicting Eastern European Jewish life ⓘ
use of humor and pathos in Yiddish literature ⓘ
notableWork Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
surface form: Motl Peysi the Cantor’s Son

Stempenyu ⓘ
Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
surface form: Tevye der milkhiker

Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
surface form: Tevye the Dairyman

The Railroad Stories ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pereiaslav ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
pseudonym Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Kyiv ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Odesa ⓘ
surface form: Odessa
spouse Olga Loyev ⓘ

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Yiddish → hasNotableAuthor → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Mendele Mocher Sforim → influenced → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
I. L. Peretz → contemporaryOf → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Sholem Aleichem → alternateName → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Sholem Aleichem → pseudonym → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Olga Loyev → spouse → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Olga Loyev → partnerOf → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Olga Loyev → supportedCareerOf → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Olga Loyev → spouseName → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Yiddish literature → hasNotableAuthor → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
The Railroad Stories → author → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
The Railroad Stories → creator → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens → notableBurial → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens → notableBurial → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem
Yiddish theater → notablePlaywright → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Sholem Rabinovich → hasPenName → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Stempenyu → author → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Joseph Stein → basedOnWorkOf → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
To Life → basedOnWorkAuthor → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Rabinovich → notableBearer → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Tevye the Dairyman → creator → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
Rokhele → creator → Sholem Aleichem ⓘ