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Goldin Ezra (1868-1915)

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SurnameGoldin
NameEzra
Birth year1868
Birth placeLunna
Death year1915
Death placeRiga
SexM

Goldin Ezra (1868, Lunna, Grodno Governorate – 1915, Riga) — writer.

From 1886 to 1893, Ezra Goldin lived in Warsaw before moving to Łódź. He wrote in both Hebrew and Yiddish. His literary debut was the poetry collection Shirei No'ar (“Poems of Youth”), published in 1887. He later turned to prose, contributing journalistic and narrative works to literary periodicals in both Hebrew and Yiddish, and issued several story collections.

In 1896, he published the literary anthology Ha-Zman, which included works by leading contemporary Jewish writers. Goldin was a prominent figure among the populist-minded group of Jewish prose authors in the early 1890s who opposed the didactic and accusatory style of the “old school”. Instead, he sought to depict everyday Jewish life and the spiritual world of the common people. Many of his stories reflect an idealised vision of traditional Eastern European Jewish life.

In the early 20th century, he ceased writing and turned to commerce. He spent his final years in Riga.