Kaufman, Michael, -1938
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Name (Hebrew)
קויפמן, מיכאל, נפטר 1938
Name (Latin)
Kaufman, Michael, -1938
Other forms of name
Koyfman, Mikhail Y., -1938
Koyfman, Mikhoel Y., -1938
קויפמן, מיכאל
מיקאלו
מיקאעלא
מיקלו
קויפמאן, מיכאל
Date of death
1938
Place of birth
Russia
Place of residence/headquarters
Newark (N.J.) (1922 - 1938)
Field of activity
Yiddish literature
Occupation
Physician
Associated Language
rus yid
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Son in law of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem
father of author Bel Kaufman.
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q2654502
Sources of Information
- ( ("Grininke beymelekh", viewed 28.04.2015) )
- "Bella's father, Michael Kaufman (Mikhail Y. Koyfman) and her mother, Lala (Lyalya) Kaufman (née Rabinowitz) were both from Russia and married in 1909 [...] Kaufman emigrated to the United States in 1922 at age 12 with her parents. She and her family lived in Newark, New Jersey, where her father practiced medicine until his death in 1938" ( (Wikipedia, viewed 28.04.2015:) )
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Wikipedia description:
Bella Kaufman (May 10, 1911 – July 25, 2014) was an American teacher and author, well known for writing the bestselling 1964 novel Up the Down Staircase.
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