Mendel Osherowitch Explained
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,[1] and he authored many books, including three novels and a book about Yiddish theatre.[2] [3] [4]
His two-volume Yidn in Uḳraine was printed posthumously but never sent to bookstores. The Yiddish Book Center found the printed copies sitting in a fish market in 1980 and distributed them to libraries.
His book on the Holodomor was translated into English in 2020.[5] [6]
Notes and References
- News: Mendel Osherowitch, Ex-City Editor of Jewish Daily Forward . The News . April 17, 1965 . Patterson, NJ . 3 . May 9, 2022 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Mendel Osherowitch Dies at 78; Was Prolilic Writer in Yiddish . November 21, 2020 . The New York Times . April 17, 1965.
- News: Mendel Osherowitch, Noted Yiddish Author, Dead; Funeral Today . November 21, 2020 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . April 19, 1965.
- Web site: Papers of Mendel Osherowitch . Center for Jewish History . November 21, 2020.
- News: Luciuk . Lubomyr . Mendel Osherowitch's chilling account of the Holodomor famine translated to English for the first time . November 21, 2020 . The Globe and Mail . November 20, 2020.
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