Der Nister
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Der Nister, whose real name was Pinhas Kahanovitsh, was a Russian writer known for his work in Yiddish literature. He was a highly original Symbolist author who often incorporated elements of folktales into his fiction, influenced by his early translations of Hans Christian Andersen.1
His major work is the two-volume novel Di mishpokhe Mashber (1939–48), translated as The Family Mashber, with mashber meaning "crisis" in Hebrew. Der Nister was active in the 1920s, but Soviet restrictions later made free expression difficult, and he fell victim to the Stalinist purges in August 1952.1
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