Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich russian: Семён Соломонович Юшкевич (July 12, 1868 – December 2, 1927), was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group

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. He was a representative of the Jewish-Russian school of literature.Maxim Shrayer, ''An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature'' (M. E. Sharp, 2007), p. 133. Yushkevich studied medicine at the

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, before beginning his writing career."Юшкевич Семен"
entry at the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 18, 2010. Yushkevich's first story was published in 1897, entitled "The Tailor: From Jewish Daily Life" (Портной. Из еврейского быта) in

Russkoye Bogatstvo ''Russkoye Bogatstvo'' (russian: Русское богатство, Russian Wealth) was a monthly literary and political magazine published in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 1876 to mid-1918. In the early 1890s it served as an organ of the liberal ...

. Yushkevich wrote for the theater, including the 1906 play ''King'' (''Король''). His 1910 play ''Miserere'' was staged at the Moscow Art Theatre. Yushkevich wrote novels as well, such as ''Leon Drei'' (''Леон Дрей'').Shrayer p.134 He contributed to the publications ''Русском Богатстве, Восходе, Мире Божьем, Журнале для всех'' and others. During Yushkevich's lifetime, in

Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, a 15-volume collection of his works was published. Yushkevich spent time in Berlin following the

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in 1903. Yushkevich emigrated in 1920. He lived in Romania, France, the United States, and Germany before his death in Paris in 1927. Two pieces, "Jewish Luck" (Еврейское Счастье ) and "The Automobile" (Автомобиль) were republished in 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yushkevich, Semyon Russian male short story writers Russian male novelists Jewish writers 1868 births 1927 deaths Russian dramatists and playwrights Russian male dramatists and playwrights