Nochum Shtif
Nohum Shtif (Yiddish: נחום שטיף; 1879, Rovno – 1933, Kiev), was a Jewish linguist, literary historian, publisher, translator, and philologist of the Yiddish language and social activist. In his early years he wrote under the pen name Baal Dimion (or Bal-Dimyen, "Master of Imagination").
Nochum Shtif | |
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| Born | Nochum Shtif October 6, 1879 Rovno, Ukraine |
| Died | April 7, 1933 (aged 53) Kiev, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Other names | Baal Dimion (pen name) |
| Occupation(s) | Yiddish linguist and writer |
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