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(1860-1951) Journalist, novelist. Abraham Cahan was born in Lithuania in 1860 and died in 1951.

Full Name

Abraham Cahan

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Author's Timeline

1860

BIRTH

Abraham Cahan was born in Lithuania on July 7, 1860.

1882

RESIDENCE

Cahan emigrated to New York City in 1882 where he began work in journalism.

1896

LITWORK

Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto


Novel.

1898

LITWORK

The Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories


Short fiction.

1903

OTHER

Mr. Cahan was editor of the Jewish Daily Forward newspaper for several years beginning in 1903.

1905

LITWORK

The White Terror and the Red: A Novel of Revolutionary Russia
A. S. Barnes & Company

Novel.

1917

LITWORK

The Rise of David Levinsky
Harper, New York

Novel.

1926

LITWORK

Bleter fun mayn Leben


Autobiography (5 vols., 1926-1931).

1951

DEATH

Abraham Cahan died in New York City on August 31, 1951.

1951

INTERMENT

Cahan was interred at the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, New York.

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