Nahum Meir Schaikewitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nahum Meir Schaikewitz

Belarusian writer

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1850

Place of Birth: Nyasvizh, Minsk Region, Belarus

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1905

Profession: writer, author

Nationality: United States, Belarus

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Nahum Meïr Schaikewitz, also known by his pseudonym "Shomer" (December 18, 1849 in Nesvizh, Belarus – 25 November 1905 in New York City) was a Yiddish novelist and playwright.
Although he was very popular in his time and a giant in Yiddish literature, sometimes styled the "Dumas of Yiddish literature", he was significantly damaged by Sholem Aleichem, who derided his plotting as extravagantly artificial and improbable, characteristic of a cheap potboiler.