Dixel, Shmuel

He was born on October 23 (old style) in 1884 in Chisinau, in the family of the tailor and master of the atelier Abram-Gersh Dyksel (from Antopol ) and his wife Charna Gershevny; he had a twin sister Leia. ^[2] He studied at the state Jewish school. He was wounded and arrested during the 1903 Kishinev pogrom . ^[3] Participated in the revolutionary events of 1905 , served in the army in Turkestan . Upon returning to Chisinau, he collaborated in the newspaper "Bessarabian Life" (under the pseudonym Gadfly and Rivares ).

In 1911 he moved to America , where he worked in the editorial office of the New York newspaper Novy Mir in Russian, and soon also began writing in Yiddish . ^[4] In 1928 he received American citizenship. He worked in socialist-oriented newspapers such as Freie Arbeter Stieme ( Voice of Free Workers ), Tsukunft ( The Future ), Freiheit ( Freedom ), Morgn-Freiheit, and others. He worked as an actor in Jewish theaters, a chiropractor, a teacher in a Jewish folk school ( folkshul ). In 1923 he became director of the Kunst-Ring ( association of arts ), in 1929 he became artistic director of the Unity and Kinderland summer camps, and was part of the Proletpen literary association. ^{[5] [6] [7]} He published plays, short stories and novels, essays, satires, memories. ^[8] Lived in the Bronx .

He published a number of dramatic works, including the play “Af a Nai Wag” ( On the New Way , in 2 Scenes), “Noh Tswelf Banach” ( after midnight , summer fantasy), “Nakethe Neshumes” ( Naked Souls , Drama) , “In Schloflozer Nacht” ( On a sleepless night ), “Vamen di geter libm” ( Whom are loved by the gods , drama), “Zwei photomers” ( Two fathers , drama), Dos fayer fun unzere heymen (The Fire of Our Houses ), “Vi Zenen world "( We are as it is )," Ying zih "( In itself , psychological research)," Shah mate "(dramatic sketch)," Weiss un Schwartz "( White and black )," The Crucible "(1918)," Albatross "," D er templum fun ale haylikaten "( Temple of All Holiness , One -act satire, 1929)," Der Zorn Fung Der Erd "( Wrath of the Earth , Drama in Five Acts and Nine Scenes, 1929)," Tsurik Tsum Folk "( Back to the People ), and also the collection Ten One-Act Pieces (1925). ^[9] These plays were staged by various Jewish troupes in New York and other US cities (the play “After Midnight” in English was staged by the Broadway troupe Target Margin Theater in 2012 ). ^{[10] [11]}

The book “Asianatishe derceilungen” ( Asian Tales , 1924) tells about the author’s observations during military service in Central Asia. ^[12] The book Indiana Derceilungen ( Native American Stories , 1959) contains ethnographic dikssel notes collected during his stay in New Mexico among the Indians of the Sioux , Apache , Hopi, and Navajo tribes. ^{[13] [14]}

He died in May 1975 in New York. His wife is Tsilya Dixel ( born Celia Daixel , 1895-1989).

• די װעגן אין נעפּל ( di wagn in Nepl - the roads in the fog, stories). Volume 1. New York: Functional, 1923.
• אַזיִאַטישע דערצײלונגען ( Asian dertseilungen - Asian stories in 2 vols.). New York: Functional, 1924.
• צען אײן-אַקטערס ( prices of Ein-actors are ten one-act plays). New York: Freiheit, 1925.
• די װעגן אין נעפּל ( di wagn in Nepl - the roads in the fog, stories). Volume 2. New York: Functional, 1925.
• זײַן מאַיעסטעט און אַנדערע נאָװעלן ( Zain mayeste un andere novell - his majesty and other stories). New York: Freiheit, 1925.
• דער צאָרן פֿון דער ערד: אַ מאַסן-שפּיל אין פֿונף אַקטן און נײַן בילדער ( Der Zorn Fung Der Erd - the wrath of the land, the play in five acts and nine pictures). New York: Functional, 1929.
• Nine One-Act Plays From the Yiddish, translated by Bessie F. White. Boston : John W. Luce & Co., 1932. ^[15]
• מײַנע לעבנס ( Meine Labs - my lives, stories and stories). New York: Siegel, 1940.
• באַרג-אַרױף ( barg-aroyf - downhill, stories). New York: ש. דייקסעל בוך־קאמיטעט ( S. Deiksel Buch Committee ), 1957.
• אינדיִאַנישע דערצײלונגען ( Indian derceilungen - Indian stories). New York: ש. דייקסעל בוך־קאמיטעט ( S. Deiksel Bouch Committee ), 1959.