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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957

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Sholem Asch (November 1, 1880 – July 10, 1957) was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language. Born in Kutno, Poland to a Hasidic family, Asch received a formal Jewish education. He moved to Warsaw in 1899 and met and was mentored by prominent Yiddish writer I.L. Peretz. His first book of stories, In a Shlekhter Tsayt (In a Bad Time), was published in 1902 and he rose to prominence. He relocated to the United States in 1914. Asch became increasingly active in publi...

Prishvin, Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich, 1873-1954

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Boleslavsky, Richard, 1889-1937

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Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977

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Louis Untermeyer was a noted author, editor, and translator. His tastes were eclectic, and his friendships many; he produced more than one hundred books, and volumes of letters. His numerous poetry anthologies have helped introduce verse to generations of schoolchildren. From the description of Heinrich Heine, paradox and poet, 1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550722 From the description of Louis Untermeyer letter to Judith Wright McKinn...

Zaturenska, Marya, 1902-1982

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Dymow, Ossip, 1878-1959

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Ossip Dymow, playwright and screenwriter, was born in Russia. He wrote in Russian, German, and Yiddish in his early years, and became best known to English-speaking audiences for his play NJU, translated into English and staged in New York in 1917, and made into a silent film in 1924. In addition to his plays, Ossip Dymow contributed to the screen adaptation of Joseph Roth's novel JOB, which became the film SINS OF MAN in 1936. From the description of Ossip Dymow papers, 1906-1946. (...

Volkov, M.

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Blok, A. (Aleksandr), 1852-1910

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Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953

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Note in another hand identifies Abbott as Asst. Ed. of Current Literature. From the description of Note [n.d.] New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366273 Leonard D. Abbott was Executive Chairman of the Modern School. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1915-1943, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902403 ...

Liebovitz, David, 1892-1968

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Perry, Ralph R

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Young, Stark

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American author and critic. From the description of Belle Isle : typescript unsigned, 1940 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129868 American journalist and dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bedford, New York, to Belle da Costa Greene, 1944 Jun. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584560 American author. From the description of Letter to Minnie Nielson Butler [manuscript], 1950 March 14. (University of Vir...

Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940

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Krylov, Ivan Andreevich, 1768-1844

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Frug, S. G. (Semen Grigorʹevich), 1860-1916

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Ėrenburg, Ilʹi︠a︡, 1891-1967

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Russian writer and journalist. From the description of Articles about Spain, [ca. 1935?]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33320549 ...

Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950

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American poet, novelist, and editor. From the description of Letter to a dealer [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806176 Editor of The Chimaera. From the description of ALS, [1915]-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500150 This may not really be Benét's writing. Although the verse appears to be signed by him the writer's intent may have been simply to ascribe the verse to him. Also, it is on letterhead engraved "MM...

Koiransky, Alexander

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Voleshin, Maximilian

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Romanov, Panteleĭmon, 1884-1938.

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Ferrer Colony (Stelton, N.J.)

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Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, 1890-1975

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Yarmolinsky, i.e. I︠A︡rmolinskiĭ, Ph.D. 1921, was the head of the Slavonic Division of the New York Public Library from 1918 to 1955, and author, editor and translator of numerous books in the field of Russian literature. From the description of Avrahm Yarmolinsky Papers, ca. 1918-1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320410715 ...

Gill, Frances McLaughlin

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Ivanov, V. I. (Vi︠a︡cheslav Ivanovich), 1866-1949

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Robbins, John Jacob, 1895-1950.

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John Jacob (Jack) Robbins (1895-1950) was an American author, editor, poet, stage director, teacher, and translator. He was affiliated with various theatre groups and schools in New York City and edited literary and theatrical journals. In 1917-1918 he served as head of the translation department of the Jewish Daily Forward. During the 1920s he was an assistant to Constantin Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theater in the USSR. He also was involved with the Ferrer Colony i...

Baykoff, Boris

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Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938

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Dana, Henry W. L.

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Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964

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Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Ben W. Huebsch : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740245 From the description of B. W. Huebsch papers, 1893-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981210 American publisher. From the description of B. W. Huebsch records, 1909-1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102541 Bi...

Ivanov, Vsevolod Vi︠a︡cheslavovich, 1895-1963.

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Lieber, Maxim.

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Shishkov, V. ︠I︡A. (V︠i︡acheslav ︠I︡Akovlevich), 1873-1945

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Peretz, Isaac Leib, 1851 or 1852-1915

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Bialik, Ḥayyim Naḥman 1873-1934

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Liessin, Abraham, 1872-1938

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