Isaac-Meer Dick (February 1814 , Vilno - January 24, 1893 , ibid. ) - Jewish writer , author of short stories.
In the late 1830s or early 1840s, he began to write stories for the people in Hebrew , from the late 1840s - mainly in Yiddish . They came out in separate books, first anonymously. His stories and short stories enjoyed great popularity in the 1860s and 1870s and diverged in huge editions for that time. For many years, his weekly story regularly appeared in Vilna with a circulation of 5-6 thousand copies. With his 300 collections מעשה-ביכלעך ("Maise-bihleh") created a mass Jewish reader.
An advocate of "enlightenment", he advocates in his works for the reform of everyday life and for the triumph of "good" bourgeois principles. Dick created a peculiar genre of short story, combining the philistine morality of Jewish traditional preachers ( mages ) with the plot of the European “ popular print ”. In some of his works, Dick gives characteristic everyday sketches, anticipating the realism of the Jewish classics.
Bibliography
- Reisen L., Lexikon fun der jidischer literatur, B. I, 2 Aufl., Wilno, 1926 , SS. 711-734.
- Weinreich M., Bilder fun der jidischer literaturgeschichte, Wilno, 1928 , SS. 292-329.
- Niger Sch., Dos naje lebn, 1923 , V.
- Ts (inberg) S., The Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. VII, pp. 189–191.
The article is based on the materials of the Literary Encyclopedia of 1929-1939 .
Links
- Dick Isik Meir - article from the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia