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.

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Observed surface forms (6)

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Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh 3
Mendele Mokher Seforim 1
Mendele Moykher Sforim 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 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 ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
surface form: Mendele Mokher Seforim

Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
surface form: Mendele Moykher Sforim

Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
surface form: Mendele the Book Peddler
birthName Mendele Mocher Sforim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
fictionalPersona Mendele Mocher Sforim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mendele the book peddler as narrator
gender male ⓘ
genre realist fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
honorificTitle grandfather of modern Hebrew literature ⓘ
grandfather of modern Yiddish literature ⓘ
influenced I. L. Peretz ⓘ
Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
modern Hebrew prose ⓘ
modern Yiddish prose ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
literaryRole bridge between Haskalah literature and modern Yiddish fiction ⓘ
movement Haskalah ⓘ
Haskalah ⓘ
surface form: Jewish Enlightenment
notableFor creating a modern literary style in Yiddish ⓘ
depicting life in the Jewish shtetl ⓘ
modernizing Hebrew prose ⓘ
notableWork Fishke the Lame ⓘ
The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele) ⓘ
The Taxman ⓘ
The Travels of Benjamin the Third ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
writingStyle social criticism ⓘ
use of humor and irony ⓘ

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Mendele Mocher Sforim → alsoKnownAs → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendele Moykher Sforim
Mendele Mocher Sforim → alsoKnownAs → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendele Mokher Seforim
Mendele Mocher Sforim → alsoKnownAs → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendele the Book Peddler
Fishke the Lame → associatedWithAuthorPseudonym → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
Fishke the Lame → associatedWithAuthorRealName → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh
Fishke the Lame → author → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele) → author → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
The Taxman → author → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
The Travels of Benjamin the Third → author → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
Mendele Mocher Sforim → birthName → Mendele Mocher Sforim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh
I. L. Peretz → contemporaryOf → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
Sholem Rabinovich → contemporaryOf → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
Mendele Mocher Sforim → fictionalPersona → Mendele Mocher Sforim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendele the book peddler as narrator
The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele) → hasAuthorAlias → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh
Yiddish → hasNotableAuthor → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
Yiddish literature → hasNotableAuthor → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendele Moykher-Sforim
Berditchev, Russian Empire → hasNotableResident → Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ