Mendele Mocher Sforim
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Hebrew-language writer
Jewish writer
Yiddish-language writer
novelist
person
pioneer of modern Hebrew literature
pioneer of modern Yiddish literature
satirist
short story writer
writer
Mendele Mocher Sforim was a pioneering 19th-century Jewish writer often called the “grandfather” of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.
Aliases (6)
Statements (47)
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| instanceOf |
Hebrew-language writer
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Jewish writer → Yiddish-language writer → novelist → person → pioneer of modern Hebrew literature → pioneer of modern Yiddish literature → satirist → short story writer → writer → |
| activeInCentury |
19th century
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early 20th century → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mendele Mokher Seforim
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Mendele Moykher Sforim → Mendele the Book Peddler → |
| birthName |
Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
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| ethnicGroup |
Jewish
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| fictionalPersona |
Mendele the book peddler as narrator
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| gender |
male
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| genre |
realist fiction
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satire → social novel → |
| honorificTitle |
grandfather of modern Hebrew literature
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grandfather of modern Yiddish literature → |
| influenced |
I. L. Peretz
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Sholem Aleichem → modern Hebrew prose → modern Yiddish prose → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Hebrew
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Yiddish → |
| literaryRole |
bridge between Haskalah literature and modern Yiddish fiction
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| movement |
Haskalah
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Jewish Enlightenment → |
| notableFor |
creating a modern literary style in Yiddish
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depicting life in the Jewish shtetl → modernizing Hebrew prose → |
| notableWork |
Fishke the Lame
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The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele) → The Taxman → The Travels of Benjamin the Third → |
| occupation |
journalist
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teacher → writer → |
| religion |
Judaism
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| writingStyle |
social criticism
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use of humor and irony → |
Referenced by (17)
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Fishke the Lame
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The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele) → The Taxman → The Travels of Benjamin the Third → |
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Mendele Mocher Sforim
("Mendele Moykher Sforim")
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Mendele Mocher Sforim ("Mendele Mokher Seforim") → Mendele Mocher Sforim ("Mendele the Book Peddler") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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I. L. Peretz
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Sholem Rabinovich → |
contemporaryOf |
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Yiddish
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Yiddish literature ("Mendele Moykher-Sforim") → |
hasNotableAuthor |
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Fishke the Lame
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associatedWithAuthorPseudonym |
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Fishke the Lame
("Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh")
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Mendele Mocher Sforim
("Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh")
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birthName |
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Mendele Mocher Sforim
("Mendele the book peddler as narrator")
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fictionalPersona |
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The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele)
("Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh")
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Berditchev, Russian Empire
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