Sholom Aleichem

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Yiddish-language writer humorist person playwright writer

Sholom 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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Tevye the Dairyman 3
Tevye der milkhiker 2
Motl Peysi the Cantor’s Son 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yiddish-language writer ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
surface form: Sholem Rabinovitsh
burialPlace Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1859-03-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1916-05-13 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Judaica ⓘ
Jewish Encyclopedia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
fieldOfWork Jewish literature ⓘ
Yiddish literature ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
humor ⓘ
hasInfluenced Jewish American literature ⓘ
Yiddish writers ⓘ
inspiredWork Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
movement Yiddish literature ⓘ
nativeLanguage Yiddish ⓘ
notableFor portrayals of Eastern European Jewish life ⓘ
notableWork Motl, Peysi the Cantor’s Son ⓘ
Stempenyu ⓘ
Sholom Aleichem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tevye der milkhiker

Sholom Aleichem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tevye the Dairyman

The Railroad Stories ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pereiaslav ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
pseudonym Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Kyiv ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Odessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingStyle humorous ⓘ
poignant ⓘ

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Sholem Aleichem → alternateName → Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
Yiddish literature → hasNotableWork → Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tevye the Dairyman
Sholem Aleichem → notableWork → Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tevye the Dairyman
Sholem Aleichem → notableWork → Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tevye der milkhiker
Sholem Aleichem → notableWork → Sholom Aleichem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motl Peysi the Cantor’s Son
Sholom Aleichem → notableWork → Sholom Aleichem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tevye the Dairyman
Sholom Aleichem → notableWork → Sholom Aleichem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tevye der milkhiker
Sholom Aleichem → pseudonym → Sholom Aleichem ⓘ