Joseph Elijah Triwosch (; 18 January 1856 – 1940) was

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writer, poet, translator, and

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. Triwosch was born in

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, and settled at

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as a teacher of Hebrew and

. His literary activity began in 1873, in which year he published in ''Ha-Levanon'' his first articles. Most of his novels, representing Jewish life in Russia, were published in various periodicals. They include ''Toḥelet nikzabah'' and ''Ha-lito'i'', in ''

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''; ''Bi-mekom zava'ah'', in ''

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''; and ''Al shete ha-se'ippim'', in ''

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''. Among his other publications were ''Dor tahapukot'' (Warsaw, 1881), which describes the activity of the Russian Social-Democrats, ''Din ve-ḥeshbon'' (1895), and ''Pesi'ot ketanot'' (1904). He also translated various works of literature into Hebrew, including ''

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'' and ''

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'', published an anthology of medieval Hebrew literature (1925), and co-edited the ''Mikra Meforash'' series.

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1856 births 1940 deaths Hebrew-language poets Jewish educators Schoolteachers from the Russian Empire Translators to Hebrew Jewish writers from Vilnius {{russia-writer-stub