Sholem Rabinovich

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Yiddish-language writer humorist person playwright writer

Sholem Rabinovich, better known by his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a seminal Yiddish author and playwright whose works, including the stories that inspired "Fiddler on the Roof," vividly depicted Eastern European Jewish life.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Sholem 1
Sholem Aleichem Rabinovitsh 1
Sholem Rabinovitsh 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yiddish-language writer ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Sholem Rabinovich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sholem Yakov Rabinovich
burialPlace Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
citizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
contemporaryOf I. L. Peretz ⓘ
Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
countryOfBirth Russian Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1859-03-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1916-05-13 ⓘ
describedAs one of the founding figures of modern Yiddish literature ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
familyName Rabinovich ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
humor ⓘ
givenName Sholem Secunda ⓘ
surface form: Sholem
hasPenName Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
inspiredWork Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
movement Jewish literature ⓘ
Yiddish literature ⓘ
nameInYiddish Shalom Aleichem ⓘ
surface form: שלום עליכם
notableFor depicting Eastern European Jewish life ⓘ
use of humor and irony ⓘ
notableWork Motl, Peysi the Cantor’s Son ⓘ
surface form: Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son

Stempenyu ⓘ
Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ
The Railroad Stories ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pereiaslav ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Geneva ⓘ
Kyiv ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Odessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Olga Loyev ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sholem Aleichem → alternateName → Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sholem Aleichem Rabinovitsh
Sholem Aleichem → birthName → Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
Sholem Rabinovich → birthName → Sholem Rabinovich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sholem Yakov Rabinovich
Sholom Aleichem → birthName → Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
Sholom Aleichem → birthName → Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sholem Rabinovitsh
Sholem Asch → givenName → Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sholem
Yiddish literature → hasNotableAuthor → Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh
Fiddler on the Roof → mainCharacter → Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tevye