Israel Orenstein
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Born19 May 1831
Died1905 (aged 73–74)
Israel Orenstein | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 May 1831 |
| Died | 1905 (aged 73–74) |
| Language | Yiddish, Hebrew |
Israel Orenstein (Yiddish: ישראל ארענשטיין; 19 May 1831 – 1905)[1] was a Ukrainian-born Jewish novelist.
He was born in the Polodian town of Yampol, Podolian Governorate.[2] At the age of twenty-one he went to Romania, where he published (1870) his first novel in Hebrew, Bet Ya'akov; o, dim'at 'ashukim.[2] He subsequently published the Yiddish novels Arbe aves nezikin, Dos shlekhte kind, Eyts ha-daas, Khizoyen yisroel; oder, khibet hakeyver, Di geheymnisse der Yassyer gemeynde, and Di genarte velt.[1]
