Mendele Mocher Sforim

Mendele Mocher Sforim
מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים (Yiddish)
Born
Sholem Yankev Broyde

(1836-01-02)January 2, 1836
Kapyl, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 8, 1917(1917-12-08) (aged 81)
Odesa, Ukrainian People's Republic
Other namesSholem Yankev Abramovich
OccupationAuthor
Known forBeing one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature

Mendele Mocher Sforim (official name: Sholem Yankev Abramovich; January 2, 1836 – December 8 [O.S. 27 November] 1917) was a Belarusian Jewish author and one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.


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