1/29 | Birthday of Romain Rolland
Today in Yiddishkayt… January 29 Birthday of Romain Rolland, French Writer French writer Romain Rolland was born in the sleepy village of Clamecy (about 150 miles southeast of Paris) on January 29, 1866 to a provincial, Catholic, and petit bourgeois family. He attended school in France and later in Rome where his discovery of Italian culture changed the course of his intellectual development. He returned to Paris and received his doctorate writing on theater history. He began publishing his first creative work at the age of 30. At the turn of the century, Rolland began his...
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Today in Yiddishkayt… December 23 Birthday of Friedrich Wolf, German Jewish Writer The leading leftist playwright in pre-World War II Germany Friedrich Wolf was born today, December 23, 1888 in Neuwied, Germany. Wolf studied medicine and became a physician until he was jailed as a conscientious objector during the First World War. From his very first drama, including Poor Conrad, produced in 1924, Wolf brought contemporary social problems and the struggle of the working class to the stage. In 1928, Wolf famously proclaimed “Kunst ist Waffe (Art is a weapon)!” and his...
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