Zalman Kornblit was a

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ish playwright, active in

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in the early 20th century. His works included ''Eternal Diaspora'' (1906) and translations of

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's ''

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'' and

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's ''Thieves''.

References

* Bercovici, Israil, ''O sută de ani de teatru evriesc în România'' ("One hundred years of Yiddish/Jewish theater in Romania"), 2nd Romanian-language edition, revised and augmented by Constantin Măciucă. Editura Integral (an imprint of Editurile Universala), Bucharest (1998). . p. 98. Year of birth missing Year of death missing Jewish novelists {{Judaism-bio-stub