gortn and A dorf-tsadik A bust of Sholem Asch by Jacob Epstein, from the collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem Sholem Asch Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 1880 births 1957 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century Polish novelists American male dramatists and playwrights American male essayists American male novelists American people of Polish-Jewish descent Jewish American novelists Male essayists People from Kutno Polish emigrants to the United States Polish essayists Polish male dramatists and playwrights Polish male non-fiction writers Polish male novelists Yiddish-language playwrights