Jakob Dinesohn

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Jacob Dinezon, also known as Yankev Dinezon (c. 1851 – 1919), was a Yiddish author and editor from Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire). There are various spellings of Dinezon's name in both Yiddish and English transliteration. Early in his career, Yiddish publications spelled his name דינעזאהן (Dinezohn). Later publications removed the ה and spelled his name דינעזאן or דינעזאָן (Dinezon). In English, his name has been spelled Dienesohn, Dinesen, Dineson, Dinezon, Dinesohn, Dineszohn, Dinezohn, Dynesohn, and Dynezon. Most of his career was dedicated to promoting the literary status of the Yiddish language, supporting and collaborating in the creation of early Yiddish prose, poetry, journals, and anthologies. He was part of an active group of Yiddish authors, including his colleagues and friends I. L. Peretz, Sholem Aleichem, and Mendele Mocher Sforim, considered the classic writers of modern Yiddish literature. He is credited as the author of the first bestselling novel in Yiddish and the first realistic Jewish romance. During his lifetime, he wrote several novels and short stories about Jewish life in the Russian Empire with scenes from urban environments as well as from shtetl life. Dinezon was a keen observer of the social changes spreading throughout Jewish communities…Citește mai mult

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Biography Jacob Dinezon was born in Nay Zhager (New Zhager) near Kovno in Lithuania. The exact year of his birth is uncertain - various bibliographical entries suggest 1856, 1852, or 1851. A newspaper article published on the occasion of his death in August 1919 (in the Yiddish newspaper Haynt - Today) reports that Dinezon was 68 years old when he died, which suggests the year of his birth was 1851, and data from a census conducted in Žagarė seems to confirm the same date. He grew up in a relatively well-to-do household with his parents, Pesya and Benjamin, two older sisters, one younger sister, and a brother (who died in his early childhood). His father died in 1866, when Dinezon was about 12. He was then raised by his uncle in Mohilev, where he attended a yeshiva until age 16. In addition to a traditional Jewish education, he was exposed to the new ideas of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), which encouraged Jews to become educated in secular disciplines and languages. He had the chance to study Russian, German, and disciplines such as mathematics, history, and science. In Dinezon's time, Yiddish was the everyday language of most Jewish communities in central…Citește mai mult

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Legacy Upon Dinezon's death, several unpublished manuscripts were discovered in his apartment. In honor of the 10th anniversary of Dinezon's death, a collection of his stories and novels was published in book form by Ahisefer Publishing in Warsaw. These included Alter, Even negef, oder, A shteyn in veg (Stumbling Block, or, A Stone in the Road), Falik in zayn hoyz (Falik in His House), Der krizis (The Crisis), ha-Ne’ehavim veha-neimim, oder, Der shvartser yungermanṭshik (The Beloved and Pleasing, or, The Dark Young Man), Hershele (Little Hershl), Yosele (Little Yosl), Tsvey mames (Two Mothers), and Zikhroynes un bilder: shtetl, kinderyorn, shrayber (Memories and Scenes: Shtetl, Childhood, Writers). As Yiddish literature continued to advance during the interwar period, Dinezon's works fell out of favor with modern Jewish literati. However, the author, critic, and photographer Alter Kacyzne defended Dinezon's contributions to Yiddish literature in an essay, “The Problem, Dinezon,” published in Literarishe Bleter (Literary Pages) in 1924: We had two true folk writers: Dinezon and Sholem Aleichem. No one imagines putting these two writers on the same plateau. Yet it is this way: in the main achievement of their artistry, they are comparable. Dinezon, the weeper, and Sholem Aleichem the clown. Both move…Citește mai mult

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List of works 1877: Beoven avos (For the Sins of the Fathers). This novel was never published because it was blocked by censorship, perhaps due to pressure from the prominent family upon whom Dinezon based his novel. 1877: Ha-Ne’ehavim veha-ne‘imim, oder Der shvartser yunger-mantshik (The Beloved and the Pleasant, or the Black Young Man). This was Dinezon's first great success and it is considered the first bestselling novel in Yiddish and the first Jewish realistic romance as it sold over ten thousand copies shortly after its publication, and was reprinted multiple times. 1888: Kreplekh zolst du esn (Go Eat Kreplekh), a short story Dinezon wrote for Sholem Aleichem's literary almanac די ייִדיש פאָלק ביבליאָטעק Di Yidishe Folksbibliotek ("The Yiddish Popular Library"). 1889: Even negef, oder a shtein in veg (A Stumbling Block in the Path), a novel published soon after the beginning of Dinezon's friendship with I. L. Peretz, who encouraged him to write in Yiddish again. 1891: Di yudishe bibliotek (The Jewish Library). This Yiddish literary journal was one of the first products of Dinezon's collaboration with Peretz. 1891: Hershele, a novel first published in Di yudishe bibliotek about a poor yeshiva boy who falls in love with the…Citește mai mult

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1909: Gitele’s Yonkiper (Gitele's Yom Kippur) 1909: Hine: dos land (China: The land), a geography education and outreach book. 1909: Indyen: dos land (India: The land), a geography education and outreach book. 1928-29: Tsvey mames: roman (Two Mothers: novel), a story about an orphaned boy who is unable to marry the young woman he loves because her mother raised him after his mother died. 1928-29: Zikhroynes un bilder: Shtetl, kinderyorn, shraybers (Memories and Scenes: Shtetl, Childhood, Writers), a collection of Dinezon's early short stories.