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S. An-sky

Russian Jewish author (1863-1920) · Poland · On the map · Writers · Died at 57

Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport, also known by his pen name S. An-sky, was a Jewish author, playwright, researcher of Jewish folklore, polemicist, and cultural and political activist. He is best known for his play The Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds, written in 1914, and for Di Shvue, the anthem of the Jewish socialist Bund.

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In 1912-1914, he led the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition to the Pale of Settlement.

Country
Poland
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1863 to 1920 · aged 57

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