Sholem Aleichem, Russian/UkrainianAuthor and Playwright (1859-1916)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich
• Known as: Sholem Aleichem
• Birth: March 2, 1859, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
• Death: May 13, 1916, New York City, New York, USA
• Language: Yiddish, English (?)
• Who he was: Russian/Ukrainian author and playwright; stories of Tevye the Dairyman: Tevye's Daughter; Adventures of Mottel; The Old Country
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