Semyon Yushkevich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Semyon Yushkevich

Russian-speaking Jewish writer and playwright

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1868

Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 12-Jul-1927

Profession: writer, playwright

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Semyon Yushkevich

  • Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich Russian: ????? ??????????? ??????? (July 12, 1868 – December 2, 1927), was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda.
  • He was a representative of the Jewish-Russian school of literature.Yushkevich studied medicine at the Sorbonne, before beginning his writing career.Yushkevich's first story was published in 1897, entitled "The Tailor: From Jewish Daily Life" (???????.
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  • Yushkevich wrote for the theater, including the 1906 play King (??????).
  • His 1910 play Miserere was staged at the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • Yushkevich wrote novels as well, such as Leon Drei (???? ????).
  • He contributed to the publications ??????? ?????????, ???????, ???? ??????, ??????? ??? ???? and others. During Yushkevich's lifetime, in Petrograd, a 15-volume collection of his works was published.Yushkevich spent time in Berlin following the Kishinev Pogrom in 1903.
  • Yushkevich emigrated in 1920.
  • He lived in Romania, France, the United States, and Germany before his death in Paris in 1927.
  • Two pieces, "Jewish Luck" (????????? ??????? ) and "The Automobile" (??????????) were republished in 2004.

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