# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakob-dinesohn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:20.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jakob-dinesohn"
name: "Jakob Dinesohn"
slug: "jakob-dinesohn"
description: "Jacob Dinezon, also known as Yankev Dinezon, was a Yiddish author and editor from Lithuania. There are various spellings of Dinezon's name in both Yiddish and English transliteration. Early in his career, Yiddish publications spelled his name דינעזאהן (Dinezohn). Later publications removed the ה and spelled his name דינעזאן or דינעזאָן (Dinezon). In English, his name has been spelled Dienesohn, Dinesen, Dineson, Dinezon, Dinesohn, Dineszohn, Dinezohn, Dynesohn, and Dynezon."
tagline: "Russian Jewish novelist (1851–1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dinezon's_Portrait_-_late_1800's.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1851"
deathDate: "1919-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.539309333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Динезон, Яков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جاكوب دينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%9E_%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Якаў Дзінезон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Dinesohn"
    title: "Jakob Dinesohn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Dinezon"
    title: "Jacob Dinezon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Dinesohn"
    title: "Jakob Dinesohn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Dinezon"
    title: "Jacob Dinezon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "יעקב דינזון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Dinesohn"
    title: "Jakob Dinesohn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Dinezon"
    title: "Jakub Dinezon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439220"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump