Editing S. An-sky (section)

==Literary career==
[[File:Mauzoleum Trzech Pisarzy 4.JPG|thumb|Mausoleum of the Three Writers ([[I. L. Peretz|Peretz]], [[Jacob Dinezon|Dinezon]], and An-sky) in Warsaw]]
Initially he wrote in [[Russian language|Russian]], but from 1904 he became known mainly as a [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] author.

He is best known for his play ''[[The Dybbuk]]'' or ''Between Two Worlds'', written in 1914. The play was first staged in the Elyseum Theatre in [[Warsaw]], on December 9, 1920, one month (at the end of the 30-day mourning period) after the author's death.<ref>Zylbercweig, Zalmen (ed.). "[https://archive.org/stream/nybc201089#page/n52/mode/1up An-ski, Sh.]", in ''Leksikon fun Yidishn Teater'' (Lexicon of Yiddish Theater). Vol. 1. New York: Elisheva, 1931. col. 71-78; here: 74.</ref> It was subsequently translated into a dozen or more languages and performed thousands of times all over the world. It is still being produced, along with numerous adaptations, as well as operas, ballets, and symphonic suites. (For example, in 2011 there were seven different productions.) It is considered the jewel of the Jewish theatre.<ref>1. Fernando Peñalosa, ''The Dybbuk: Text, Subtext, and Context''. Tsiterboym Books, 2012.</ref> In the early years ''The Dybbuk'' was considered so significant that parodies of it were written and produced.<ref>Fernando Peñalosa, tr., ''Parodies of An-sky’s The Dybbuk. Bilingual Edition''. Tsiterboym Books, 2012.</ref>

Although ''The Dybbuk'' is An-sky’s best-known work, he published many works of literature, politics and ethnography. His ''Collected Works'', which do not include all his writings, comprise fifteen volumes.<ref>S. An-sky. ''Gezamelte Shriften''. Vilna, Warsaw, New York: Wydawnistwo “AN-SKI,” 1922. Reprinted 1926 and 1929.</ref> An-sky wrote a number of other plays, four of which are included in this collection, long out of print. One (''Day and Night'') is,  like ''The Dybbuk'', a Hasidic Gothic story. The other three plays have revolutionary themes, and were originally written in Russian: ''Father and Son'', ''In a Conspiratorial Apartment'', and ''The Grandfather''. All four  have recently been republished in a bilingual Yiddish-English edition.<ref>''S. An-sky. Four Plays. Bilingual  Edition,'' tr. Fernando Peñalosa. Tsiterboym Books, 2013.</ref>

An-sky was also the author of the song ''[[Di Shvue]]'' (The Oath), which became the anthem of the Jewish Socialist [[General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia|Bund]] party. He was the author of the poem (later made into a song) "[[In Zaltsikn Yam]]" (In the Salty Sea), which was also dedicated to the [[General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland|Bund]].