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David
Pinski was a Yiddish playwright, novelist and editor. Born
in Mohilev, Belarus (then part of the Russian Empire), his plays were probably
performed in English more often than any other Yiddish dramatist.
Although
Pinski was fluent is several languages, he chose to write in
Yiddish. According to an article in the Jerusalem Post in
1972, written by Sol Liptzin, "In the course of his 87 years
he enriched Yiddish with more than 200 major contributions:
plays, novels, short stories, travel sketches, memoirs,
essays, poems." Many of his plays were published
English, as were two of his novels and many of his shorter
works. His works were also published in Russian, German, and
Hebrew. In addition to the numerous performances in the
Yiddish theater, Pinski's plays were performed in
translation. For example, "The Treasure" was produced by
Max Reinhardt in Berlin in German. There were also
performances in English by the Theater Guild in New York,
the Provincetown Playhouse ("The Final Balance"), the 92 St.
Y in New York City, and in Hebrew by the Habima Theater in
Israel.
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