Cahan, Abraham C Authors

Cahan, Abraham C Authors

Cahan, Abraham

Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) was born to an Orthodox Jewish family near Vilna. An ardent socialist, he emigrated to the United States in 1882, settling on New York City's Lower East Side. He was the influential editor of the Yiddish-language newspaper the Jewish Daily Forward. He also was a novelist and short story writer, writing his fiction in the English language.

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- Suggestions for teaching Cahan in the classroom.
- Biography, timeline, bibliography, and picture of the author presented by history student Ivan Lupov.
- Biography of the influential Yiddish writer, with particular emphasis on his career as a journalist.
- Biography of the Jewish-American author and discussion of his literary legacy.
- Brief bibliography and biographical overview of the late 19th-century realist from history student Randy Hudgins.
- Scholarly article by Philip Joseph offers a theory on why Cahan wrote fiction in English rather than Yiddish.
- The story of the immigrant journalist and novelist.
- 1901 biography of the Russian-American novelist and labor leader, with particular emphasis on his socialist activities.
- Biography of the immigrant author and his importance to Jewish-American literature.
- Short biography for schoolchildren. Includes portrait.

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