Shalom asch biography

Polish-American novelist, dramatist, essayist (1880-1957)

Sholem Asch (Yiddish: שלום אַש, Polish: Szalom Asz; 1 November 1880 – 10 July 1957), also written Shalom Ash, was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language who settled in the United States.

Life and work

Asch was born Szalom Asz in Kutno, Congress Poland, to Moszek Asz (1825, Gąbin – 1905, Kutno), a cattle-dealer and innkeeper, and Frajda Malka, née Widawska (born 1850, Łęczyca).

Sholem Asch | Yiddish Novelist, Playwright & Poet

Frajda was Moszek's second wife; his first wife Rude Shmit died in 1873, leaving him with either six or seven children (the exact number is unknown). Sholem was the fourth of the ten children that Moszek and Frajda Malka had together.^[1] Moszek would spend all week on the road and return home every Friday in time for the Sabbath.

He was known to be a very charitable man who would dispense money to the poor.^[1][2]

Upbringing

Born into a Hasidic family, Sholem