Peretz Hirschbein

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he: היירשביין, פרץ · הירשביין, פרץ בן ליפא · פרץ הירשביין
–: Giršbejn, P. · Giršbejn, Perec · HIRSCHBEIN, PEREZ B. LIPA · Hirschbein, Perez · Hirschbeyn, Perets · Hirshbein, Peretz · Hirshbein, Perez · Hirshbeyn, Perets · Hirszbejn, Perec · Hiršbein, Pereṣ · Perets Hirshbeyn · הירשביין, פרץ

Born: 1880
Place of birth (as recorded): Kleszczele
Died: 1948
Place of death: Los Angeles
Occupation: Schriftsteller

(Often spelled Peretz Hirschbein in English sources; 1880–1948), playwright, novelist, journalist, travel writer, and theater director. Perets Hirshbeyn’s father operated a rural water mill outside a small town in Grodno province, where Hirshbeyn was born. Educated initially by local tutors, Hirshbeyn eventually made his way to Grodno and then Vilna, where he joined a circle of yeshiva students who studied the Bible, Hebrew grammar, and Jewish history together. Hirshbeyn began giving Hebrew lessons to support himself while publishing Hebrew poetry and writing Yiddish stories. He also began to shift from writing lyrical poetry to naturalist drama, starting with Miryam (1905), which he first wrote in Hebrew, later translated into Yiddish, and later still revised in Yiddish under the title Barg arop (Downhill). Inspired by an encounter with a prostitute—and perhaps by Hirshbeyn’s own squalid living conditions in Vilna—the play was a harbinger of Hirshbeyn’s skill at characterization, dialogue, and atmosphere.

Identifiers

DBpedia: Peretz_Hirschbein
GND: 1049107438 · 119093243 · about
Library of Congress: n83121374 id · n83121374 id
VIAF: 64809865
Wikidata: Q444009
catalogue.bnf.fr: cb16169313r catalogue
de.wikipedia.org: Perez_Hirschbein de
en.wikipedia.org: Peretz_Hirschbein en
hub.culturegraph.org: 119093243 hub
www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de: 119093243
www.isni.org: 0000000081449395

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Peretz Hirschbein

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Hirschbein, Peretz

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gnd identifier: 119093243
gnd identifier: http://d-nb.info/gnd/119093243
birth date: 1880
normalised birth date: 1880
birth year: 1880
death date: 1948
normalised death date: 1948
occupation: Schriftsteller
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alternative label: Giršbejn, P.
alternative label: Giršbejn, Perec
alternative label: Hirschbein, Perez
alternative label: Hirschbeyn, Perets
alternative label: Hirshbein, Peretz
alternative label: Hirshbeyn, Perets
alternative label: Hirszbejn, Perec
alternative label: Hiršbein, Pereṣ
alternative label: Peretz Hirschbein
alternative label: הירשביין, פרץ
preferred label: Hirschbein, Peretz

Hirschbein, Peretz

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birth date: 1880-11-07
normalised birth date: 1880-11-07
birth location: Kleszczele
death date: 1948-08-16
normalised death date: 1948-08-16
death location: Los Angeles
death location URI: Los Angeles
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alternative label: HIRSCHBEIN, PEREZ B. LIPA
alternative label: Hirschbein, Perez
alternative label: Hirshbein, Peretz
alternative label: Hirshbein, Perez
alternative label: Hirshbeyn, Perets
alternative label: היירשביין, פרץ @he
alternative label: הירשביין, פרץ @he
alternative label: הירשביין, פרץ בן ליפא @he
skos:note: [לפי שני המקורות האחרונים נולד: 17/11]
skos:note: הגירה: היגר לארצות-הברית בשנת תרע"ד [1914].
skos:note: מקום לידה: Kleszczele
skos:note: מקום לידה: ישוב ליד קלשטשל [ Kleszczele, פלך הורודנה]
skos:note: מקום פטירה: Los Angeles
skos:note: מקום פטירה: לוס-אנג'לס [ Los Angeles, קאליפורניה, ארצות-הברית]
skos:note: תאריך לידה עברי: ד כסליו תרמ"א [7.11.1880]
skos:note: תאריך פטירה עברי: יא אב תש"ח [16.8.1948].
preferred label: Hirschbein, Peretz
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Hirschbein, Peretz

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alternative label: Hirshbeyn, Perets
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Hirshbeyn, Perets

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described at: https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Hirshbeyn_Perets
has abstract: (Often spelled Peretz Hirschbein in English sources; 1880–1948), playwright, novelist, journalist, travel writer, and theater director. Perets Hirshbeyn’s father operated a rural water mill outside a small town in Grodno province, where Hirshbeyn was born. Educated initially by l…
(Often spelled Peretz Hirschbein in English sources; 1880–1948), playwright, novelist, journalist, travel writer, and theater director. Perets Hirshbeyn’s father operated a rural water mill outside a small town in Grodno province, where Hirshbeyn was born. Educated initially by local tutors, Hirshbeyn eventually made his way to Grodno and then Vilna, where he joined a circle of yeshiva students who studied the Bible, Hebrew grammar, and Jewish history together. Hirshbeyn began giving Hebrew lessons to support himself while publishing Hebrew poetry and writing Yiddish stories. He also began to shift from writing lyrical poetry to naturalist drama, starting with Miryam (1905), which he first wrote in Hebrew, later translated into Yiddish, and later still revised in Yiddish under the title Barg arop (Downhill). Inspired by an encounter with a prostitute—and perhaps by Hirshbeyn’s own squalid living conditions in Vilna—the play was a harbinger of Hirshbeyn’s skill at characterization, dialogue, and atmosphere.
title: Hirshbeyn, Perets
alternative label: Perets Hirshbeyn
preferred label: Hirshbeyn, Perets
has related: Asch, Sholem
has related: Ben-Ami
has related: Bialik, Ḥayim Naḥman
has related: Hrodna
has related: Iushkevich, Semen Solomonovich
has related: Łódź
has related: Odessa
has related: Peretz, Yitskhok Leybush
has related: Pinski, Dovid
has related: Hebrew Poetry (Poetry)
has related: Sholem Aleichem
has related: About this Article (Theater)
has related: Vilnius
has related: Warsaw
has related: About this Article (Yeshiva)

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