Mendel Osherowitch
Yiddish writer
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| Intro | Yiddish writer | |
| Places | Ukraine | |
| was | Journalist Writer Prosaist Playwright Memoirist | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Journalism Literature | |
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| Birth | 1888, Trostianets, Trostianets Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine | |
| Death | 16 April 1965New York City, New York, USA (aged 77 years) |
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Mendel Osherowitch (January 14, 1888 – April 16, 1965) was a Podilia-born American Yiddish journalist, novelist, historian, and translator. He wrote for The Forward from 1914 to 1965, and he authored many books, including three novels and a book about Yiddish theatre. His book on the Holodomor was first translated into English posthumously in 2020. A recent review of his book How People Live in Soviet Russia: Impressions from a Journey prepared by the Jewish Review of Books is available at https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/9902/bread-and-vodka/