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Sholem Asch (Asz) (1880 - 1957)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kutno, Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Death: July 10, 1957 (76)
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Moyshe Moszek Asz and Malka Frajda Asz
Husband of Mathilda Asch
Father of Nathan (Nusn) Asch; Moe Asch; John (Yanek) Janek Asch and Ruth Shaffer
Brother of Louis Lejb Ashe; Wolf Berek Asz; Melekh Israel Gavriel Asz; Jacob Jacob Asch; Sarah (Sura Golda) Golde Weinberg and 6 others
Half brother of Tauba Tova Tushinsky; Szajna Shayna Epsztajn; Izrael Groynem Groynem Ash (Asz); Harris (Herz Nusn) Asz; Khana Golda Asz and 1 other

Occupation: writer, playwright
Managed by: Hannah Banks
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About Sholem Asch

Sholem Asch (Yiddish: שלום אַש‎), also written Shalom Asch or simply Shalom Ash (1 November 1880 – 10 July 1957), was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language who settled in the United States.

< https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholem_Asch >

Asch was a bestselling author in the 1940s, and several of his books were quite controversial.

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Sholem Asch's Timeline

1880
November 1, 1880
Kutno, Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
1902
1902
Warsaw, Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
1905
December 2, 1905
Warsaw, Poland
1907
January 21, 1907
Poland
1910
1910
Warsaw, Poland
1920
1920
Age 39
1957
July 10, 1957
Age 76
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
July 12, 1957
Age 76
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom