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."

Aliases (1)

Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yiddish writer → humorist → person → playwright → writer →
alternateName	Sholem Aleichem → 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 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	Motl Peysi the Cantor’s Son → Stempenyu → Tevye der milkhiker → Tevye the Dairyman → The Railroad Stories →
occupation	author → editor → journalist → playwright →
placeOfBirth	Pereiaslav → Russian Empire →
placeOfDeath	New York City → United States →
pseudonym	Sholem Aleichem →
religion	Judaism →
residence	Kyiv → New York City → Odessa →
spouse	Olga Loyev →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Stempenyu → The Railroad Stories →	author
Yiddish → Yiddish literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens → Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens ("Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem") →	notableBurial
Sholem Aleichem →	alternateName
I. L. Peretz →	contemporaryOf
The Railroad Stories →	creator
Sholem Rabinovich →	hasPenName
Mendele Mocher Sforim →	influenced
Yiddish theater →	notablePlaywright
Olga Loyev →	partnerOf
Sholem Aleichem →	pseudonym
Olga Loyev →	spouse
Olga Loyev →	spouseName
Olga Loyev →	supportedCareerOf