born in New York in 1934 just before the family moved to Los Angeles. Hirschbein suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) for the last three years of his life. He died August 16, 1948, in Los Angeles. Works Yiddish-language plays, unless otherwise noted. Miriam (a.k.a. Downhill, 1905, in Hebrew) Oif Yener Zeit Taikh (On the Other Side of the River, 1906) Die Erd (Earth, 1907) Tkias Kaf (Contract, a.k.a. The Agreement 1907) Oifn Shaidveg (Parting of the Ways, 1907) Neveyle (Carcass, 1908) Die Puste Kretshme (The Haunted Inn, 1912) A farvorfen Vinkel (A Neglected Nook or A Hidden Corner, 1912) Griene Felder (Green Fields, 1916) Dem Schmids Tekhter (The Smith's Daughters, 1918 or earlier) Where Life Ends Joel The Last One The Infamous A Lima Bean Roite Felder (Red Fields, 1935, novel) Hitler's Madman (screenplay for 1943 English-language film, the American debut of director Douglas Sirk) References "Hirshbeyn, Perets" (1960). In: Leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur [Biographical Dictionary of Modern Yiddish Literature]. Vol. 3. New York: Alveltlekhn yidishn kultur-kongres [Congress for Jewish Culture]. Columns 147–158. Liptzin, Sol (1972). A History of Yiddish Literature, Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David Publishers. . 82 et. seq. External links Papers of Peretz Hirschbein.; RG 833; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY. 1880 births 1948 deaths People from Hajnówka County People from Belsky Uyezd (Grodno Governorate) Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States American people of Polish-Jewish descent Jewish American writers Russian dramatists and playwrights Russian male dramatists and playwrights Yiddish theatre Yiddish-language playwrights 20th-century dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Russian male writers