Jonas Turkow | |
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| Born | 15 February 1898 |
| Died | 4 February 1988 (aged 89)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, filmmaker, writer, manager |
| Years active | 1916–1950 |
Jonas Turkow (Warsaw, 15 February 1898 – Tel Aviv, 4 February 1988[2]) was an actor, stage manager, director and writer. He received the Itzik Manger Prize for his contributions to Yiddish letters.[3]
He was the brother of the actor Zygmunt Turkow, the actor and writer Icchak Turkow, and the journalist Marek Turkow; and husband of the famous actress Diana Blumenfeld.
- ^ "Jonas Turkow." U. S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration, Washington, D.C. Retrieved via Ancestry.com, 7 May 2020. Also searchable via the National Archives, Numerical Identification Files.
- ^ Turkov, Yonas (February 15, 1898–February 4, 1988). Leksikon Fun Der Nayer Yidisher Literatur. Retrieved 13 Jul 2024.
- ^ Fuks, Khayim Leyb (1961). "Turkov, Yonas." In Samuel Niger and Jacob Shatzky (eds.), Lekiskon fun der nayer yidisher literatur [Biographical Dictionary of Modern Yiddish Literature]. New York: Congress for Jewish Culture. Vol. 4, cols. 58-60. OCLC 471025126. Translated by Joshua Fogel, at: "Yonas Turkov (Jonas Turkow)", with supplemental information from: Fuks, Khayim Leyb (1986). "Jonas Turkow". In Berl Kagan (ed.). Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers [Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers] (in Yiddish). New York: R. Ilman-Kohen. OCLC 654533179. Retrieved 2019-03-20.