▁al umn i ▁Category : L iving ▁people <0x0A> </s> ▁Re uben ▁Ash er ▁Bra udes ▁ ▁( ; ▁; ▁ 2 2 ▁September ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁Vil nius ▁– ▁ 1 8 ▁October ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁Vienna ) ▁was ▁a ▁Lith u ania - born ▁Heb rew ▁novel ist ▁and ▁journalist . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Edu c ated ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁traditional ▁Tal m ud ic ▁lines ▁of ▁Jewish ▁education , ▁he ▁came ▁early ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁M ask il im . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁career ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁Bra udes ▁became ▁a ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁Ha - L eb anon , ▁a ▁Heb rew ▁week ly ▁published ▁by ▁Br ill ▁Publish ers ▁in ▁Main z , ▁and ▁for ▁several ▁years ▁he ▁devoted ▁his ▁pen ▁to ▁topics ▁of ▁the ▁day ▁and ▁to ▁criticism . ▁It ▁was ▁as ▁a ▁novel ist , ▁however , ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁mark ▁in ▁Heb rew ▁literature . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 4 , ▁he ▁published ▁in ▁, ▁a ▁month ly ▁edited ▁by ▁Per etz ▁Sm ol ensk in ▁at ▁Vienna . ▁His ▁first ▁story , ▁The ▁Myst eries ▁of ▁the ▁Ze ph ania h ▁Family , ▁a ▁tale ▁of ▁great ▁promise ▁from ▁its ▁style ▁and ▁v ivid ▁descri ptions . ▁The ▁next ▁year ▁appeared ▁his ▁second ▁novel , ▁The ▁Rep ent ant , ▁which ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁Religion ▁and ▁Life , ▁tre ating ▁of ▁Jewish ▁life ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Mor ning