Alter Drujanow
1870–1938 (age 68)
Biography
Alter Drujanow (1870–1938) made his mark as a writer whose essays and stories preserved the voices of Eastern European Jewry while he championed the renewal of Hebrew culture.
He published in leading journals, used his pen to highlight moral questions facing modern Jewish society, and left behind a body of work that continues to be read for its sincerity and warmth; his resting place in Trumpeldor cemetery draws readers who seek the roots of modern Hebrew prose.