Literary Library

Moises Kaufman

by Angela Beck
November 21, 1963 - Venezuelan-born Jewish-American theatre director, filmmaker and playwrightAuthor of the plays "The Laramie Project", "33 Variat...
Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Jewish Jews National Medal of Arts Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Theatre Director Venezuela Venezuelan Venezuelan-American

Imre Kertesz

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1929 - March 31, 2016Hungarian-Jewish novelistAuthor of "Fatelessness", "Kaddish for an Unborn Child" and "The Holocaust as Culture"Wa...
Holocaust Hungarian Hungary Jewish Jews Nobel Prize Novel Novelist

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1887 - July 4, 1964Russian-Jewish translator and poetAuthor of "Silly Little Mouse and Other Poems", "The Pup Grows Up" and "The Absen...
Jewish Jews Russia Russian Translator

Sholem Asch

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1880 - July 10, 1957Polish-Jewish American novelist, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Nazarene", "The Apostle" and "East River"Als...
Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Jewish Jews Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poland Polish