Leon Kobrin
Leon Kobrin , actually Lew Kobrin (born 1873 in Vitebsk ; died 1946 ) was a Yiddish writer, translator and journalist in New York .
Life
Lev Kobrin was born into a Jewish family in Vitebsk. In 1892 he went to the USA, first to Philadelphia, then to New York. He began to write for Yiddish newspapers as a journalist, wrote short stories and first plays.
In 1899 he wrote the play Minna with Jacob Gordin . About 30 more pieces followed, as well as short stories and short stories. Leon Kobrin translated numerous texts by authors such as Maupassant , Zola , as well as by Gorky , Tolstoy , Dostoyevsky and Chekhov into Yiddish.
He died in 1946.
literature
- Leon Kobrin in The Cambridge History of English and American Literature , Vol. XVIII / III, Chap. 31, § 47. online
Web links
- Leon Kobrin on the Folksbiene website , New York ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
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SURNAME | Kobrin, Leon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kobrin, Lew (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yiddish writer, translator and journalist based in New York |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1873 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vitebsk |
DATE OF DEATH | 1946 |