Semyon Yushkevich

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Semyon Yushkevich
Born (1868-07-12)July 12, 1868
Odessa, Russia
Died December 2, 1927(1927-12-02) (aged 59)
Paris, France

Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich Russian: Семён Соломонович Юшкевич,(July 12, 1868 - December 2, 1927), was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda. He was a representative of the Jewish-Russian school of literature.[1]

Yushkevich studied medicine at the Sorbonne, before beginning his writing career.[2]

Yushkevich's first story was published in 1897, entitled "The Tailor: From Jewish Daily Life" (Портной. Из еврейского быта) in Russkoye Bogatstvo.[1] Yushkevich wrote for the theater, including the 1903 play "King" (Король).[1] Yushkevich wrote novels as well, such as "Leon Drei" (Леон Дрей).[2][3]

During Yushkevich's lifetime, in Petrograd, a 15-volume collection of his works was published.[2]

Yushkevich spent time in Berlin following the Kishinev Pogrom in 1903.[3] Yushkevich emigrated in 1920. He lived in Romania, France, the United States, and Germany before his death in Paris in 1927.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maxim Shrayer. "An anthology of Jewish-Russian literature". 2007. M. E. Sharp. p. 133.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Юшкевич Семен" entry at the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shrayer p.134
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