S. An-sky

S. An-sky
Native name
ש. אַנ-סקי
BornShloyme Zanvl Rappoport
(1863-10-27)October 27, 1863
Chashniki, Russian Empire
DiedNovember 8, 1920(1920-11-08) (aged 57)
Warsaw or Otwock, Poland
Pen nameS. An-sky
OccupationWriter, journalist, ethnographer
LanguageYiddish, Russian

S. An-sky[a] (1863 – November 8, 1920), born Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport, was a Jewish author, playwright, researcher of Jewish folklore, polemicist, and cultural and political activist. He is best known for his play The Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds, written in 1914, and for Di Shvue, the anthem of the Jewish socialist Bund.

In 1917, after the Russian Revolution, he was elected to the Russian Constituent Assembly as a Social-Revolutionary deputy.[1]


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  1. ^ "S. Ansky (1863-1920)". Jewish Heritage Online Magazine. Retrieved 2009-11-04.