Sholem Asch: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Sholom Asch • Sholem Ash • Shalom Asch
Born	November 1, 1880 • Russian Empire
Died	July 10, 1957 (aged 76) • London • England
Notable Works	“Chaim Lederer’s Return” • “Judge Not—” • “Mary” • “The Apostle” • “The God of Vengeance” • “The Little Town” • “The Nazarene” • “The Prophet” • “Uncle Moses”

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Portrait of Sholem Asch around 1957, showing him with gray hair, a mustache, and wearing a suit and bow tie.

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Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

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Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, lithograph by François Le Villain after a portrait by Fabian Sarnecki.

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William Wells Brown

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Victor Hugo

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Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

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Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.

Alessandro Manzoni

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Ludwig Tieck

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Per Olov Enquist

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Portrait of Russian author Sholem Aleichem with wavy hair, glasses, and mustache, wearing a suit and tie with medals on his lapel, early 1900s.

Sholem Aleichem

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Johannes Carsten Hauch

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Mendele Moykher Sforim

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Aleksey Konstantinovich, Count Tolstoy

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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1935.

Aleksey Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy

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