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Early work. Mendele's first article, "Letter on Education", appeared in 1857, in the first Hebrew newspaper, Hamagid; his mentor Gotlober submitted Mendele's school paper without Mendele's prior knowledge. In Berdichev, where he lived from 1858 to 1869, he began to publish fiction both in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Mendele Moykher Sforim (born November 20, 1835, Kopyl, near Minsk, Russia [now in Belarus]—died December 8, 1917, Odessa [now in Ukraine]) was a Jewish author, founder of both modern Yiddish and modern Hebrew narrative literature and the creator of modern literary Yiddish.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Shalom Yakov Abramowitz is better known by the name of his most famous character, Mendele Mokher Seforim, which means “Mendele the Bookseller.” Abramowitz–along with the authors Sholom Aleichem and Isaac Leib Peretz–defined the classical age of Yiddish literature.
- Payson R. Stevens
Mendele mocher sforim [Yid.,= Mendele the book peddler] (mĕn´dələ môkh´ər sfô´rĬm), pseud. of Sholem Yakov Abramovich (shō´ləm yä´kôv əbrämə´vĬch), 1836–1917, Yiddish novelist. Born in Minsk, and orphaned at 14, he traveled with beggars through Ukraine.
Aug 7, 2014 · Yet in the late 18th century, Mendele Mocher Sforim, or ‘Mendele the book peddler,’ was an author who depicted the world of the shtetl (village) with all of its poverty and decay. He is now considered the grandfather of Yiddish literature and one of the founders of ‘modern’ Jewish literature.
Mendele Mocher Sforim (Yiddish: מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים, Hebrew: מנדלי מוכר ספרים, also known as Moykher, Sfarim; lit. "Mendele the book peddler"), born Sholem Yankev Abramovich (Yiddish: שלום יעקב אַבראַמאָװיטש, Russian: Соломон Моисеевич Абрамович – Solomon ...
Mendele Mocher Sforim (“Mendele the Bookseller”) was the pen name of Shalom Jacob Abramovitch, who is commonly regarded as the father of modem Yiddish literature. How recent that literature is may be gathered from the fact that Mendele was born only one hundred and ten years ago (about 1836).
