Person Detail: Sholem Asch
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| Full Name: Sholem Asch | ||
| Biography: (1880-1957) Yiddish writer, playwright. Asch lived in the Bronx, New York. |
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| Year: 1880 | Event: BIRTH |
(Unknown) County Sholem Asch was born in Kutno, Poland in 1880. |
| Year: 1907 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County God of Vengeance This drama was set in a brothel and dealt with a lesbian relationship. When the show was performed on Broadway in 1923 the entire cast was arrested and prosecuted for obscenity. |
| Year: 1910 | Event: RESIDENCE |
(Unknown) County Asch traveled to the US for the first time in 1910. He returned to the states to wait out World War I. He became a naturalized citizen in 1920. |
| Year: 1916 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Mottke the Thief Novel. |
| Year: 1918 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Uncle Moses Novel. |
| Year: 1926 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Judge Not Novel. |
| Year: 1927 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Chaim Lederer's Return Novel. |
| Year: 1933 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Three Cities Novel. |
| Year: 1935 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The War Goes On Novel. |
| Year: 1938 | Event: RESIDENCE |
Bronx County Asch lived in the Bronx, New York. |
| Year: 1939 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Nazarene Novel. |
| Year: 1942 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Children of Abraham Short stories. |
| Year: 1943 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Apostle Novel. |
| Year: 1945 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County One Destiny Novel. |
| Year: 1946 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County East River Novel. |
| Year: 1948 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Tales of My People Short stories. |
| Year: 1949 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Mary Novel. |
| Year: 1951 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Salvation Novel. |
| Year: 1951 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Moses Novel. |
| Year: 1953 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County A Passage in the Night Novel. |
| Year: 1955 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Prophet Novel. |
| Year: 1957 | Event: DEATH |
(Unknown) County Sholem Asch died in London, England in 1957. |
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