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Leo Calvin Rosten (Yiddish: ליאָ קאַלװין ראָסטען ; April 11, 1908 – February 19, 1997) was an American writer and humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography.
Apr 22, 2024 · Leo Rosten (born April 11, 1908, Łódź, Pol.—died Feb. 19, 1997, New York, N.Y.) was a Polish-born American author and social scientist best known for his popular books on Yiddish and for his comic novels featuring the immigrant night-school student Hyman Kaplan.
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Feb 20, 1997 · Leo Rosten, the writer, scholar and language maven who introduced millions of Americans to the deep lexical pleasures of chutzpah and shlemiel and kibitz and nosh, died yesterday at his...
Leo Calvin Rosten was born in Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland) and died in New York City. He was a teacher and academic, but is best known as a humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography.
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Feb 21, 1997 · Leo Rosten, who introduced mainstream America to the subtleties of schlemiels, schmaltz and chutzpah in “The Joys of Yiddish,” has died. He was 88. Rosten, who died Wednesday at his home in...
Jun 5, 1997 · NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (JTA) — Leo Rosten, who translated his mamaloshen into English and helped make words like `shlep’ and `nosh’ part of the American vernacular, has died. He was 88.
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Feb 21, 1997 · Leo Calvin Rosten, author and social scientist: born Ldz, Poland 11 April 1908; married 1935 Priscilla Mead (deceased; one son, two daughters), 1960 Gertrude Zimmerman; died 19 February...
