Pauline Wengeroff
Pauline Wengeroff ( Russian Полина Юльевна Венгерова , Polina Juljewna Wengerowa ; * 1833 in Babrujsk , † 1916 in Minsk ) was a Russian- Jewish author. She left behind culturally significant memoirs on the world of Russian-Jewish women.
She is the mother of Isabelle Vengerova .
Publications
- Memoirs of a Grandmother: Pictures from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the 19th Century , Volume 1, Berlin 1908; Volume 2, Berlin 1910 (several editions)
Literature (selection)
- Shulamit S. Magnus: Pauline Wengeroff and the Voice of Jewish Modernity. In: Tamar M. Rudavsky (Ed.): Gender and Judaism. The Transformation of Tradition. New York University Press, New York / London 1995.
Web links
Wikisource: Pauline Wengeroff - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Pauline Wengeroff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Shulamit S. Magnus: Art. Pauline Wengeroff , in: Paula Hyman / Dalia Ofer (eds.): Jewish Women . A Comprehensive Historical / Jewish Women's Archive 2005.
- Shulamit S. Magnus: Art. Wengeroff, Pauline , in: Gershon D. Hundert (ed.): The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe , Yale University Press, New Haven 2008, ISBN 9780300119039 / Online-Edition Jerusalem 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wengeroff, Pauline |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Венгерова, Полина Юльевна (Russian); Wengerowa, Polina Juljewna (Russian, transcribed) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Babruysk |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1916 |
| Place of death | Minsk |