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Also Known As Solomon Zanvel Rappoport • S. An-ski
Born 1863 • Vitsyebsk • Russia
Died November 8, 1920 (aged 57) • Warsaw • Poland
Notable Works “The Dybbuk”
Subjects Of Study oral literature • Jewish literature

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