Literary Library

Hayim Nachman Bialik

by Angela Beck
January 9, 1873 - July 4, 1934Ukrainian-born Jewish poetAuthor of "Tarnegolim Yehu-Shu'al", "Shirim" and "Knight of Onions and Knight of Garlic"Wr...
Hebrew Jewish Jews Poem Poems Poet Poetry Ukraine Ukrainian Yiddish

Nahum Meir Schaikewitz

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1849 - November 24, 1905Belarus-born Yiddish and Hebrew novelist and playwrightAuthor of "Der Rewizor", "Mumar le-Hak'is" and "Der Fr...
Belarus Hebrew Jewish Jews Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Yiddish