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Solotaroff
Solotaroff is a German-language transliteration of the Russian surname Zolotaryov. Notable people with this surname include: * Hillel Solotaroff (1865–1921), Russian–American doctor known for his participation in the New York Yiddish anarchist movement * Lynn Solotaroff (1929–1994), American translator of Tolstoy and Chekhov * Ted Solotaroff Theodore "Ted" Solotaroff (October 9, 1928 – August 8, 2008) was an American writer, editor and literary critic. Life and career Born into a working-class Jewish family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Solotaroff attended the University of Michigan, gr ... (1928–2008), American writer, editor and literary critic {{surname category:German-language surnames category:Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Solotaroff
Theodore "Ted" Solotaroff (October 9, 1928 – August 8, 2008) was an American writer, editor and literary critic. Life and career Born into a working-class Jewish family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Solotaroff attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1952, and did graduate work at the University of Chicago, where he became friends with Philip Roth and dedicated himself to literature. He was an editor at ''Commentary (magazine), Commentary'' from 1960 to 1966, then in 1967 founded ''The New American Review'', which was an influential literary journal in paperback, not magazine, format for the decade of its existence. After it folded, he became an editor at Harper & Row, where he edited works by Russell Banks, Sue Miller, Robert Bly, Bobbie Ann Mason, and others. "In 1989, when Rupert Murdoch bought Harper & Row, Solotaroff began to do less editing and more writing. He left the book business with a parting shot at what he labeled ''the literary-industrial complex''."Joe HolleO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillel Solotaroff
Hillel Solotaroff (1865–1921) was a doctor involved in the Jewish and Yiddish-speaking anarchist movement in New York. Solotaroff emigrated from Elizabetgrad in 1882. While attending medical school, he contributed to anarchist publications and gave public lectures. He was a member of the Jewish anarchist group Pioneers of Liberty and introduced the anarchist duo Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. Throughout his life, Solotaroff continued to write for various publications, including a daily column for the Yiddish-language newspaper ''Der Tog'' (The Day). Later in his life, Solotaroff's views shifted to the right toward nationalism and Labor Zionism. References Further reading * 1865 births 1921 deaths 19th-century American Jews 19th-century American physicians 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American physicians 20th-century anarchists American anarchists American people of Russian-Jewish descent American Zionists Anarchism in New York ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Solotaroff
Lynn Solotaroff (October 21, 1929 – March 21, 1994) was an American translator of Tolstoy and Chekhov, among others, from Russian to English. She was also an academic and educator. Biography She was born as Lynn Friedman in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the University of Michigan and studied Russian as a graduate student at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. She was a visiting scholar at the then-Russian Institute at Columbia University—now known as the Harriman Institute—and worked as its director of publications from 1977 to 1985. Among the books she translated was Tolstoy's ''The Death of Ivan Ilyich'' (1981) and ''The Man with the Shattered World'' by Alexander Luria. She also contributed to Avrahm Yarmolinsky's translation of ''Letters of Anton Chekhov'' (1973). For the last several years of her life she taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at, among other schools, City College of New York and Touro College. She died at the Jewish Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zolotaryov
Zolotaryov or Zolotarev, feminine Zolotaryova or Zolotareva (), is a Russian-language occupational surname derived from the occupation of золотарь, or goldsmith. It may be transliterate in German as Solotaroff. Notable people with this surname include: *Aleksandr Zolotarev (1879–1938), Ukrainian politician, statesman and journalist * Aleksandr Zolotarev (athlete) (born 1940), Soviet athlete * Anastasia Zolotareva (born 2002), Russian tennis player *Boris Zolotaryov (born 1953), Russian politician * David Zolotarev (1885–1935), Russian anthropologist and ethnographer *Karp Zolotaryov (fl. last quarter of the 17th century), Russian icon painter * Vasily Zolotarev (1872–1964), Russian composer *Vladislav Zolotaryov (1942–1975), Russian composer *Yegor Zolotarev Yegor (Egor) Ivanovich Zolotaryov () (31 March 1847, Saint Petersburg – 19 July 1878, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian mathematician. Biography Yegor was born as a son of Agafya Izotovna Zolotaryova an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is also an official language of Luxembourg, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium and the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia. There are also notable German-speaking communities in other parts of Europe, including: Poland (Upper Silesia), the Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Denmark (South Jutland County, North Schleswig), Slovakia (Krahule), Germans of Romania, Romania, Hungary (Sopron), and France (European Collectivity of Alsace, Alsace). Overseas, sizeable communities of German-speakers are found in the Americas. German is one of the global language system, major languages of the world, with nearly 80 million native speakers and over 130 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
