Sholem Aleichem

Jewish writer and playwright of yiddish, who worked in ukraine and the united states (1859-1916).

Born March 2nd, 1859 in Pereiaslav. [ref]

Died May 13th, 1916 at 57 years old in New York City (tuberculosis). [ref]

Occupations
playwright, writer
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes