Michael Wex (born September 12, 1954) is a Canadian novelist, playwright, translator, lecturer, performer, and author of books on language and literature.[ Summer Yiddish Internship 2008: Yiddish Summer.org ] His specialty is Yiddish and his book Born to Kvetch was a surprise bestseller in 2005.[ Wex lives in Toronto.
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Michael Wex was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to a family of descendants of of Ciechanów and Stryków. He has taught at the University of Toronto and the University of Michigan.[ "Michael Wex", an interview by Wordsmith.org, December 5, 2005]
Works
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The Frumkiss Family Business. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2010.
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How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck). Harper, 2009.
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Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do). New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007.
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Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language And Culture in All Its Moods. Publisher: St. Martin's Press (September 1, 2005).
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Born to Kvetch (Audio CD).
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Shlepping the Exile, 1993,
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The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist. 2007.
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Die Abenteuer des Micah Mushmelon, kindlicher Talmudist (dt. von Heiko Lehmann, Wagenbach 2005)
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Classic Yiddish Stories of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I.L. Peretz. (Michael Wex, translator) 2004.
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The Wishing-Ring by S.Y. Abramovitsh (Michael Wex, translator). 2003.
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God in Paris (performance)
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Sex in Yiddish (performance)
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Judenverwolkung, or Meshiekh's Tsaytn (performance)
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I Just Want to Jewify (The Yiddish Revenge on Wagner) (performance)
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Rhapsody in Schmaltz: Yiddish Food and Why We Can't Stop Eating It
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