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Leo Calvin Rosten (Yiddish: ליאָ קאַלװין ראָסטען ; April 11, 1908 – February 19, 1997) was an American writer and humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography.
Leo Rosten (born April 11, 1908, Łódź, Pol.—died Feb. 19, 1997, New York, N.Y.) was a Polish-born American author and social scientist best known for his popular books on Yiddish and for his comic novels featuring the immigrant night-school student Hyman Kaplan.
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Feb 20, 1997 · Leo Rosten, the writer, scholar and language maven who introduced millions of Americans to the deep lexical pleasures of chutzpah and shlemiel and kibitz and nosh, died yesterday at his...
- I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.
- We see things as we are, not as they are. Leo Rosten. Appearance.
- If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong. Leo Rosten. Trying, Firsts, Succeed.
- I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten. Love, Life, Relationship.
Feb 21, 1997 · Leo Rosten, who introduced mainstream America to the subtleties of schlemiels, schmaltz and chutzpah in “The Joys of Yiddish,” has died. He was 88.
Feb 19, 1997 · Leo Calvin Rosten was born in Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland) and died in New York City. He was a teacher and academic, but is best known as a humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography.
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Jun 5, 1997 · Leo Rosten was a prolific author who translated his mamaloshen into English and popularized Yiddish words and culture in America. He wrote fiction, non-fiction and humor books, including "The Joys of Yiddish" and the Hyman Kaplan series.
