Abraham Goldfaden

Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (1840-1908) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 67

Abraham Goldfaden, also known as Avram Goldfaden, was a Russian-born Jewish poet, playwright, stage director and actor in Yiddish and Hebrew languages and author of some 40 plays. Goldfaden is considered the father of modern Jewish theatre.

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Avram Goldfaden's statue near the Iaşi National Theatre

This Romanian-language poster for The Tenth Commandment offers an alternative title Heaven and Hell.

Libretto for Abraham Goldfaden's historical operetta Bar Kochba (1883), published in 1917

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Writers from Russia 6

Aleksei Gastev49.3 of 100

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Afanasy Beloborodov49.3 of 100

Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova49.4 of 100 Natalya Baranskaya49.3 of 100