Osip Dymov (writer)

Osip Dymov
  • Осип Дымов
  • אָסיפּ דימאָוו
Born
Osip Isidorovich Perelman

(1878-02-17)17 February 1878
Białystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire
Died2 February 1959(1959-02-02) (aged 80)
Manhattan, New York, US
CitizenshipAmerican (from 1926)
EducationImperial Forestry Institute, 1902
Spouses
  • Irene Grune Dymov
    ​
    (died 1924)​
  • Anna Dymov
    ​
    (m. 1929)​
Children1
RelativesYakov Perelman (brother)
Writing career
Pen nameOsip Dymov
Language

Osip Isidorovich Perelman (Russian: Осип Исидорович Перельман; 17 February 1878 – 2 February 1959), known by the pseudonym Osip Dymov (Russian: Осип Дымов; Yiddish: אָסיפּ דימאָוו), was a Russian writer, playwright, and journalist of Russian and Yiddish literature.[1][2][3]

Biography

Dymov was born Osip Isidorovich Perelman[a] on 17 February [O.S. 4 February] 1878 in Białystok, Grodno Governorate (present-day Poland).[2][3][5][6][7] Dymov's father came from Germany, and died when he was quite young. Dymov was the elder brother of the popular-science writer Yakov Perelman.[2][5] Educated at a Russian-language gymnasium, Dymov larter studied at the Imperial Forestry Institute[6] graduating in 1902.

At the age of 16 he began to publish humorous stories in Russian satiric journals.[6] At that time he took the pen name 'Osip Dymov', from the character in Anton Chekhov's short story "The Grasshopper" (1892),[8] and continued to write under that name throughout his career.[1]

He emigrated to the United States in 1913,[5][6] at the invitation of Yiddish actor and theatre director Boris Thomashefsky,[2] and subsequently became known for his contributions to Yiddish theatre.[1] Among his most popular plays are Yoshke Musikant (Yoshke the musician; 1914) and Bronx Express (1919).[2] The latter play had its premiere in 1919 in a Yiddish translation, at the Jewish Art theatre of Jacob Ben-Ami; it was later translated into English and performed at the Astor Theatre on Broadway, in 1922,[9] to mixed reviews.[10] From 1927 to 1932 Dymov lived in Germany.[5]

Personal life

Dymov was first married to Irene Grune Dymow (1886–1924), a physician, with whom he had one daughter.[7][11][12][13][14] On 6 March 1929, Dmyov married Anna Dymov (born 1894) in Prague.[14]

Dymov became a naturalized US citizen on 15 April 1926.[5][13][14] On 2 February 1959[b] Dymov died in Manhattan aged 80.[3][15]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Also cited Ossip Dymov Perelman[4] and Joseph Perelman.[1]
  2. ↑ Also cited as 1950.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sandrow, Nahma (1986). "The New Repertory". Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater. New York: Limelight Editions; Seth Press Incorporated. pp. 164–202.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Schedrin, Vassili. "Dymov, Osip". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York City: YIVO. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Room, Adrian (2014). "Osip Dymov". Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (5 ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 157. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ossip Dymow Perelman". World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918; New York; Bronx City. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 12 September 1918.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Notice de personne: Dymow, Ossip". BnF Catalogue général. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Ossip Dymov". Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4 – via Biography in Context database.
  7. 1 2 "No.72726 Ossip Dymow [Osip Dymov]". Petitions For Naturalization From the U.S. District Court For the Southern District of New York, 1897–1944. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 20 November 1925.
  8. ↑ Stalter-Pace, S. (2013). Underground Movements: Modern Culture on the New York City Subway. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781625340559. p. 116-117.
  9. ↑ ​The Bronx Express​ at the Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  10. ↑ Stalter-Pace (2013), p. 112.
  11. ↑ "No.144251 Irene Grune Dymow". Index to Petitions For Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792–1906. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 2 July 1924.
  12. ↑ "Irene Gruna Dymow". Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804–1929 [database online] – via Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  13. 1 2 "Ossip Dymow". Soundex Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts located in New York City, 1792–1989. New York: National Archives at New York. 1926.
  14. 1 2 3 "Anna Dymow". Petitions For Naturalization From the U.S. District Court For the Southern District of New York, 1897–1944. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 1 December 1932.
  15. ↑ "No. 2565 Ossip Dymon". New York, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1949–1965 [database online]. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1959.


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