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Solotaroff
Solotaroff is a German-language transliteration of the Russian surname Zolotaryov. Notable people with this surname include: * Hillel Solotaroff (1865–1921), Russian–American doctor known for his participation in the New York Yiddish anarchist movement * Lynn Solotaroff (1929–1994), American translator of Tolstoy and Chekhov * Ted Solotaroff Theodore "Ted" Solotaroff (October 9, 1928 – August 8, 2008) was an American writer, editor and literary critic. Life and career Born into a working-class Jewish family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Solotaroff attended the University of Michigan, gr ... (1928–2008), American writer, editor and literary critic {{surname category:German-language surnames category:Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Solotaroff
Theodore "Ted" Solotaroff (October 9, 1928 – August 8, 2008) was an American writer, editor and literary critic. Life and career Born into a working-class Jewish family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Solotaroff attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1952, and did graduate work at the University of Chicago, where he became friends with Philip Roth and dedicated himself to literature. He was an editor at ''Commentary'' from 1960 to 1966, then in 1967 founded '' The New American Review'', which was an influential literary journal in paperback, not magazine, format for the decade of its existence. After it folded, he became an editor at Harper & Row, where he edited works by Russell Banks, Sue Miller, Robert Bly, Bobbie Ann Mason, and others. "In 1989, when Rupert Murdoch bought Harper & Row, Solotaroff began to do less editing and more writing. He left the book business with a parting shot at what he labeled 'the literary-industrial complex.'"Joe HolleObituary latimes.com; ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillel Solotaroff
Hillel Solotaroff (1865–1921) was a doctor known for his leadership in the New York Jewish/Yiddish anarchist movement. Solotaroff emigrated from Elizabetgrad in 1882 and while he pursued medical school, wrote for anarchist publications and was an exceptionally popular speaker. He became a member of the Jewish anarchist group Pioneers of Liberty and introduced the anarchist duo Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. Solotaroff continued writing through his life for various publications, writing a daily column for yiddish-language daily newspaper ''Der Tog'' (The Day). Later in his life, Solotaroff's views moved towards nationalism and Socialist Zionism. References Further reading * 1865 births 1921 deaths Politicians from Kropyvnytskyi People from Kherson Governorate American anarchists American people of Russian-Jewish descent American Zionists Labor Zionists Russian anarchists Jewish anarchists American physicians Anarchism in New York (state) Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Solotaroff
Lynn Solotaroff (October 21, 1929 – March 21, 1994) was an American translator of Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, Chekhov, among others, from Russian language, Russian to English language, English. She was also an academic and educator. Biography She was born as Lynn Friedman in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the University of Michigan and studied Russian as a graduate student at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. She was a visiting scholar at the then-Russian Institute at Columbia University—now known as the Harriman Institute—and worked as its director of publications from 1977 to 1985. Among the books she translated was Tolstoy's ''The Death of Ivan Ilyich'' (1981) and ''The Man with the Shattered World'' by Alexander Luria. She also contributed to Avrahm Yarmolinsky's translation of ''Letters of Anton Chekhov'' (1973). For the last several years of her life she taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at, among other schools, City Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zolotaryov
Zolotaryov or Zolotarev; feminine: Zolotaryova or Zolotareva (russian: Золотарёв, Золотарёва) is a Russian-language occupational surname derived from the occupation of золотарь, or goldsmith. It may be transliterate in German as Solotaroff. Notable people with this surname include: *Aleksandr Zolotarev (1879–1938), Ukrainian politician, statesman and journalist *Aleksandr Zolotarev (athlete) (born 1940), Soviet athlete *Anastasia Zolotareva (born 2002), Russian tennis player * Boris Zolotaryov (born 1953), Russian politician *David Zolotarev (1885–1935), Russian anthropologist and ethnographer *Karp Zolotaryov (fl. last quarter of the 17th century), Russian icon painter *Vasily Zolotarev (1872–1964), Russian composer *Vladislav Zolotaryov (1942–1975), Russian composer *Yegor Zolotarev (1847–1878), Russian mathematician See also *Solotaroff Solotaroff is a German-language transliteration of the Russian surname Zolotaryov. Notable people with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
