Memories And Scenes: Shtetl, Childhood, Writers

Memories and Scenes: Shtetl, Childhood, Writers is the first English translation of eleven autobiographical short stories by the beloved and successful 19th century Eastern European Yiddish writer, Jacob Dinezon (1852?-1919). Friend and mentor to almost every major Jewish literary figure of his day, including Sholem Abramovitsh (Mendele Moykher Sforim), I. L. Peretz, Sholem Aleichem, S. An-ski, and Abraham Goldfaden, Dinezon played a central role in the development of Yiddish as a modern literary language.

• | Author: Jacob Dinezon
• | Publisher: Jewish Storyteller Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 16, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 242 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0979815614
• | ISBN-13: 9780979815614