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Lazar Borodulin
Lazar Borodulin (April 24, 1879 – March 21, 1947) was a Jewish American writer and essayist, writing primarily in Yiddish. He is known as an author of one of the very few science fiction novels written in Yiddish. Lazar Borodulin was born in Genichesk, Crimea, Russian Empire. In 1900s or 1910s he emigrated to the United States where he started writing popular science articles in various Yiddish outlets, such as Varhayt (Truth), Der Tog, Tog (Day), Tsukunft (Future), Fraynd (Friend, a publication of The Workers Circle), and Gerekhtikeyt (Justice). His works include two books: *''On the other side of the Sambation, a scientific and fantastic novel'', (New York, 1929) *''Milkhomes un antisemitizm'' (Wars and anti-Semitism) (New York, 1937). ''On the Other Side of Sambatyon'' ''On the Other Side of Sambatyon'' (1929) is one of a very few works of science fiction written in Yiddish.Valerie Estelle Frankel, ''Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew language, Hebrew (notably Mishnaic Hebrew, Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, there were 11–13 million speakers. 85% of the approximately 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hamburg: Buske, 1984), p. 3. leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Jewish ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
