Shmuel Niger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shmuel Niger

Yiddish literary critic

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1883

Place of Birth: Dukora, Belarus

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1955

Profession: writer, author, literary critic

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Shmuel Niger (also Samuel Niger, pen name of Samuel Charney, 1883-1955) was a Yiddish writer, literary critic and historian and was one of the leading figures of Yiddish cultural work and Yiddishism in pre-revolution Russia.