Moische Broderson
Moische Broderson ( English Moishe Broderzon ; born November 23, 1890 in Moscow , † August 17, 1956 in Warsaw ) was a Yiddish writer.
Life
Moische was born in Moscow in 1890. The family lived in Łódź from 1900 . It was there that he wrote his first poems.
In 1918 he founded the group of poets Jung Jidisch and the literary magazine of the same name. In 1922 he founded the Chad gadje puppet theater and the Schor habor variety theater in Łódź. In 1924 he wrote the libretto for the first Yiddish opera Dowid un Basschewe ( David and Bathsheba ) by Władysław Wajntraub. In 1927 he co-founded the Ararat cabaret , which dedicated itself to experimental Jewish theater and the very first Jewish puppet theater. Here he discovered, among other things, the talent of the actor Shimen Dzigan . In 1937 he wrote the screenplay for the Yiddish film Frejleche kabzonim ("Happy Beggars").
In September 1939, after the German invasion of Poland , he fled to Białystok , which was occupied by the Soviet Union as part of the Hitler-Stalin Pact . In 1941, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union , he fled to Central Asia . In 1944 he returned to his native Moscow. There he worked for the State Jewish Theater . In 1950 he was arrested and taken to Siberia. In 1955 he was rehabilitated. In 1956 he returned to Poland, where he died shortly afterwards.
Works (selection)
- Sikhes kholin , Prague legend. 2nd Edition. Chawer Verlag, Moscow 1917. With a title page by El Lissitzky .
Web links
- Gille Rozier, Moyshe Broderzon , in YIVO Encyclopedia online
literature
- Zalmen Zylbercweig : Leksikon fun Yidishn Teater , Vol. 1, 1931, p. 215
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Broderson, Moische |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Broderzon, Moishe (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yiddish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1956 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |