Semyon Yushkevich
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| Born | July 12, 1868 Odessa, Russia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Paris, France |
Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich Russian: Семён Соломонович Юшкевич (July 12, 1868 – December 2, 1927), was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda. He was a representative of the Jewish-Russian school of literature.[1]
Yushkevich studied medicine at the Sorbonne, before beginning his writing career.[2]
Yushkevich's first story was published in 1897, entitled "The Tailor: From Jewish Daily Life" (Портной. Из еврейского быта) in Russkoye Bogatstvo.[1] Yushkevich wrote for the theater, including the 1906 play "King" (Король).[1][3] Yushkevich wrote novels as well, such as "Leon Drei" (Леон Дрей).[2][4]
During Yushkevich's lifetime, in Petrograd, a 15-volume collection of his works was published.[2]
Yushkevich spent time in Berlin following the Kishinev Pogrom in 1903.[4] Yushkevich emigrated in 1920. He lived in Romania, France, the United States, and Germany before his death in Paris in 1927.[2]
