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Occupation. Writer, journalist, ethnographer. Language. Yiddish, Russian. Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport (1863 – November 8, 1920), known by his pseudonym S. Ansky (or An-sky ), was a Jewish author, playwright, researcher of Jewish folklore, polemicist, and cultural and political activist.
S. Ansky (born 1863, Vitebsk, Russia [now in Belarus]—died Nov. 8, 1920, Warsaw, Poland) was a Russian Jewish writer and folklorist best known for his play The Dybbuk. Ansky was educated in a Ḥasidic environment and as a young man was attracted to the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskala) and to the populist doctrines of the Narodniki, a group of ...
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Jul 26, 2021 · The Dybbuk, a play written a century ago by S. Ansky, is the most renowned work of the Jewish dramatic canon. The first performance took place in Warsaw on December 9, 1920, where it was staged by the Vilna Troupe in commemoration of the dramatist’s death. It was a smashing success that reverberated throughout the Jewish world.
The Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds (Russian: Меж двух миров [Дибук], trans. Mezh dvukh mirov [Dibuk]; Yiddish: צווישן צוויי וועלטן - דער דִבּוּק, Tsvishn Tsvey Veltn – der Dibuk) is a play by S. Ansky, authored between 1913 and 1916. It was originally written in Russian and later translated into ...
The Dybbuk, expressionistic drama in four acts by S. Ansky, performed in 1920 in Yiddish as Der Dibek and published the following year. Originally titled Tsvishn Tsvey Veltn (“Between Two Worlds”), the play was based on the mystical concept from Ḥasidic Jewish folklore of the dybbuk, a disembodied.
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Nov 8, 2015 · Nov 8, 2015. On November 8, 1920, the writer, dramatist, ethnographer, and political and humanitarian activist S. Ansky died, at age 57. Although today, Ansky is best known for his play “The Dybbuk” – and justifiably so – he packed an extraordinary number of other accomplishments into his short life. ‘Son of Sam’ Caught.
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S. Ansky. The Yiddish and Russian writer, playwright, and revolutionary Shloyme Rapaport, best known by his pen name S. An-sky, was born in Chashniki on October 27, 1863 and grew up in Vitebsk. S. An-sky (Shloyme Rapoport) 27 October 1863 – 8 November 1920. "The Dybbuk"
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