Sholem Asch

Sholem Asch, born on 1 November 1880 in Kutno, into a large Hasidic family, received a traditional religious education, went to Warsaw in 1899 and wrote first in Hebrew, before turning to Yiddish on the advice of Isaac Leib Peretz. A novelist, playwright and essayist among the most translated of Yiddish literature, he lived in Poland and in Palestine, then settled in the United States in 1914. His novels on figures of the New Testament led to accusations of apostasy. He died in London on 10 July 1957.

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• TheatreGod of VengeanceGot fun nekomeSholem Asch · 1907Literature