Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich Russian: Семён Соломонович Юшкевич (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.[1]
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| Born | July 12, 1868 Odessa, Russian Empire |
| Died | December 2, 1927 (aged 59) Paris, France |
Yushkevich studied medicine at the Sorbonne, before beginning his writing career.[2]
Yushkevich's first story was published in 1897, entitled "The Tailor: From Jewish Daily Life" (Портной. Из еврейского быта) in Russkoye Bogatstvo.[1] Yushkevich wrote for the theater, including the 1906 play King (Король).[1][3] His 1910 play Miserere was staged at the Moscow Art Theatre. Yushkevich wrote novels as well, such as Leon Drei (Леон Дрей).[2][4] He contributed to the publications Русском Богатстве, Восходе, Мире Божьем, Журнале для всех and others.
During Yushkevich's lifetime, in Petrograd, a 15-volume collection of his works was published.[2]
Yushkevich spent time in Berlin following the Kishinev Pogrom in 1903.[4] Yushkevich emigrated in 1920. He lived in Romania, France, the United States, and Germany before his death in Paris in 1927.[2] Two pieces, "Jewish Luck" (Еврейское Счастье ) and "The Automobile" (Автомобиль) were republished in 2004.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c Maxim Shrayer, An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature (M. E. Sharp, 2007), p. 133.
- ^ a b c d "Юшкевич Семен" entry at the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ Yushkevich, "Король," in Сборник пьес (Moscow: Isskustvo, 1964).
- ^ a b Shrayer p.134
- ^ Семен Юшкеви. Санкт-Петербург: Северо-Запад Пресс. 2004.