Friday, 1 March 2019

SHLOYME-YISROEL KAPER


SHLOYME-YISROEL KAPER (March 21, 1821-July 7, 1879)
            He was born in Shtikhov (?), Bohemia.  He was a Czech and German poet and a collector of Jewish folklore.  He was known by the name Zigfrid (Siegfried) Kaper.  He published a Purim play in Roman letters.  In the preface to it, he describes Purim plays in Prague.  Yankev Shatski republished this with a long introduction.  He died in Pisa, Italy.

Source: Y. Shatski, Arkhiv tsu der geshikhte fun yidishn teater un drame (Archive for the history of Yiddish theater and drama) (Vilna, 1930).
Berl Cohen


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