Sholem Asch

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Polish Jew Yiddish-language writer novelist person playwright writer

Sholem Asch was a prominent Polish-Jewish writer best known for his Yiddish novels and plays that explored Jewish life, tradition, and modernity in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf Polish Jew ⓘ
Yiddish-language writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Szmul Asz ⓘ
burialPlace Bat Yam ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
child Moses Asch ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Poland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1880-11-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1957-07-10 ⓘ
emigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
familyName Asch ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
novel ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
surface form: Sholem
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
movement Jewish literature ⓘ
Yiddish literature ⓘ
name Sholem Asch self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage Yiddish ⓘ
notableFor Yiddish novels ⓘ
Yiddish plays ⓘ
notableWork East River ⓘ
God of Vengeance ⓘ
Mary ⓘ
Motke Ganef ⓘ
Onkel Moses ⓘ
The Apostle ⓘ
The Nazarene ⓘ
The Shtetl ⓘ
Three Cities ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Congress Poland ⓘ
Kutno ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Bat Yam ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New York City ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
spouse Matilda Shapiro ⓘ
workFocus Jewish life ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
writingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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I. L. Peretz → influenced → Sholem Asch ⓘ
Sholem Asch → name → Sholem Asch self-link ⓘ