שלמה זנויל רפפורט אנ-סקי
Warszawa, Cmentarz Żydowski- Warszawa Jewish Cemetery
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This memorial is dedicated to three prominent Yiddish writers: I. L. Peretz (famous for his short stories "Even Higher" and "Buntche Schweig"), Yankel Dineson (author of the popular Yiddish novel Ha-Ne'ehovim ve-ha-Ne'imim oder der Shvartse Yungermantshik), and S. Ansky, a pseudonym for Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport (best known for his play "The Dybbuk"). A photograph of all three of these men can be found here: www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Dinezon_Yankev
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Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport (1863 – November 8, 1920), known by his pseudonym S. Ansky (or An-sky), was a Jewish author, playwright, researcher of Jewish folklore, polemicist, and cultural and political activist. He is best known for his play The Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds, written in 1914.
In 1917, after the Russian Revolution, he was elected to the Russian Constituent Assembly as a Social-Revolutionary deputy.