Mendele Mocher Sforim
Yiddish-Hebrew writer (1836-1917)
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Summary
Mendele Mocher Sforim was born on December 21, 1835[1], in Kapyĺ[2]. He died on November 25, 1917[3], in Odesa[4]. He worked as a writer[5], translator[6], rabbi[7], novelist[8], and satirical novelist[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month, #7,272 of 1,000,298).[10]
Key Facts
- Date of birth: January 2, 1836[11]
- Date of death: December 8, 1917[12], 1917[13]
- Place of burial: 2nd Christian Cemetery[14]
- Child: Mikhail Abramovich[15]
- Country of citizenship: Russian Empire[16], Belarus[17]
- Religion or worldview: Judaism[18]
- Sex or gender: male[19]
- Commons category: Mendele Mocher Sforim[20]
- Commemorates: Mendelia Sforima Square[21]
- Family name: Abramovich[22]
- Given name: Salomon[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mendele Mocher Sforim[24]
- Commons gallery: Mendele Mocher Sforim[25]
- Described at URL: https://yleksikon.blogspot.com/2017/11/mendele-moykher-sforim-sholem-yankev.html[26]
- Relative: Vsevolod Abramovich[27], Aleksandr Abramovich[28]
- Described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok[29], Nordisk familjebok[30], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[31], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Leḳsiḳon fun der Yidisher liṭeraṭur, prese un filologye (1926-1929)[36], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[37], Leḳsiḳon fun der Yudisher liṭeraṭur un prese (1914)[38], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[40]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew[41], Yiddish[42], Russian[43]
- Commons Creator page: Mendele Mocher Sforim[44]
- Name in native language: מענדעלע מוכר ספרים[45]
Why It Matters
Mendele Mocher Sforim has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] He is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
FAQs
Where was Mendele Mocher Sforim born?
Mendele Mocher Sforim's place of birth was Kapyĺ[2].
Where did Mendele Mocher Sforim die?
Mendele Mocher Sforim died in Odesa[4].
What did Mendele Mocher Sforim do for work?
Mendele Mocher Sforim worked as a writer[5], translator[6], rabbi[7], novelist[8], and satirical novelist[9].