How to Identify Russian Jewish Writers?
In order to identify the names of important Russian Jewish writers, you may use solid scholarly anthologies such as An anthology of Jewish-Russian literature : two centuries of dual identity in prose and poetry (2 vols., 2007); or examine the entry "Russian literature" in The Yivo encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe (2 vols., 2008). You may also refer to Encyclopaedia Judaica (16 vols., 1971-72) and The encyclopedia of Russian Jewry (North Vale, NJ, 1998), which is the English version of the 7-volume Russian original Rossiiskaia evreiskaia entsiklopediia (Moscow, 1994-2011).
Biographical Resources
- Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
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Biography is built on a foundation of more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) provides more than 20 million biographical citations on more than 6 millions persons, living and deceased, from all fields of activity, covering more than 2,000 years of human history.
- Oxford Reference
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Reference resources from the Oxford University Press. Includes English dictionaries and thesauruses, English language reference books, bilingual dictionaries, quotations, maps and illustrations, timelines and subject reference sources.
Biographical Monographs
In IUCAT, in the "Advanced Search" mode, use the writer's last name in combination with a subject heading "Biography." Search examples are:
Babel AND Biography;
Brodsky AND Biography;
Ginzburg AND Biography;
Pasternak AND Biography; and so on.