Sholem Asch

Sholem Asch

1880-11-01
76 (1957-07-10)
Kutno, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

Novelist and playwright.

Kutno, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

Novelist and playwright.

Most Known for...

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Uncle Moses 1932 (6)

Wealthy, powerful sweatshop owner falls in love with employee's teenage daughter, who feels obligated to marry him after he shares his wealth with her parents, though she actually loves a young Marxist unionizer.
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God of Vengeance 1912

A Jewish brothel owner attempts to become respectable by commissioning a Torah scroll and marrying off his daughter to a yeshiva student.