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+ | '''Sholem Aleichem''' ([[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]: שלום־עליכם, [[Russian language|Russian]]: Шолом-Алейхем, Ukrainian: Шолом-Алейхем; March 2 ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]] February 18) 1859 – May 13, 1916) was the pen name of Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich, a popular humorist and [[Judaism|Jewish]] author of Yiddish literature, including novels, short stories, and plays. He did much to promote Yiddish writers, and was the first to pen children's literature in Yiddish. |
| − | His work has been widely translated. The 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof, loosely based on Sholem Aleichem's stories about his character Tevye the Milkman, was the first commercially successful English |
+ | His work has been widely translated. The 1964 musical ''Fiddler on the Roof'', loosely based on Sholem Aleichem's stories about his character Tevye the Milkman, was the first commercially successful [[English language]] play about [[Ashkenazi|Eastern European Jewish]] life. |
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Latest revision as of 06:31, 2 August 2012
Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish: שלום־עליכם, Russian: Шолом-Алейхем, Ukrainian: Шолом-Алейхем; March 2 (O.S. February 18) 1859 – May 13, 1916) was the pen name of Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich, a popular humorist and Jewish author of Yiddish literature, including novels, short stories, and plays. He did much to promote Yiddish writers, and was the first to pen children's literature in Yiddish.
His work has been widely translated. The 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof, loosely based on Sholem Aleichem's stories about his character Tevye the Milkman, was the first commercially successful English language play about Eastern European Jewish life.
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