Facts: - death place: new york , united states - caption: jacob gordin , circa 1895 - birth name: jacob michailovitch gordin - death date: 11 june 1909 , age 56 - birth date: 1 may 1853 - name: jacob mikhailovich gordin - image: jacob gordin.jpg - birth place: myrhorod , ukraine Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jacob mikhailovich gordin .
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jacob michailovitch gordin -lrb- 1 may 1853 -- 11 june 1909 -rrb- was a russian-born american playwright active in the early years of yiddish theater .he is known for introducing realism and naturalism into yiddish theater .'' the cambridge history of english and american literature '' characterizes him as '' the acknowledged reformer of the yiddish stage '' .at the time of his rise , professional yiddish theater was still dominated by the spirit of the early -lrb- 1886 -- 1888 -rrb- plays of its founder , abraham goldfaden , which derived in no small measure from purim plays , often spectacles more than dramas ; goldfaden 's later works were generally operettas on more serious subjects , perhaps edifying , but not naturalistic .again quoting the '' cambridge history '' , after his 1892 arrival in new york city , '' gordin took the yiddish drama in america from the realm of the preposterous and put a living soul into it '' , bringing it up to the level of '' realistic melodrama '' .