Jakob Dinesohn
Russian Jewish novelist (1851-1919) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 68
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).
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Dinezon (right), before 1919, with Yiddish authors Peretz (center) and Sholem Aleichem (left)
“Mauzoleum Trzech Pisarzy” (Mausoleum of the Three Writers), where Dinezon, I. L. Peretz, and S. An-sky are buried
Dinezon on a 1918 postcard - "Don't talk about what you don't know, don't write about what you don't feel"About this person
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.
