David Pinski
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DAVID PINSKI
Born, 1872, in Mohileff (Lithuania), White Russia; refused admission to
Gymnasium in Moscow under percentage restrictions; 1889-1891, secretary
to Bene Zion in Vitebsk; 1891-1893, student in Vienna; 1893, co-editor
of Spektor's Hausfreund and Perez's Yom-tov Blaettlech; 1893, first
sketch published in New York Arbeiterzeitung; 1896, studied philosophy
in Berlin; 1899, came to New York, and edited Das Abendblatt, a daily,
and Der Arbeiter, a weekly; 1912, founder and co-editor of Die Yiddishe
Wochenschrift; author of short stories, sketches, an essay on the
Yiddish drama, and ten dramas, among them Yesurun, Eisik Scheftel, Die
Mutter, Die Familie Zwie, Der Oitzer, Der eibiger Jued (first part of a
series of Messiah dramas), Der stummer Moschiach, etc.; one volume of
collected dramas, Dramen, Warsaw, 1909.