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Osip Dymov was thepseudonym forYosif (Osip) Isidorovich Perelman (1878–1959), a Russian writer.[1] His brother was popular-science writerYakov Perelman.[2]
Dymov was born inBiałystok, in theGrodno Governorate of theRussian Empire (present-day Poland).[3] His father came from Germany, and died when Yosif was quite young. Yosif attended a Russian gymnasium, and went on to study at theImperial Forestry Institute in St. Petersburg,[3] graduating in 1902.
At the age of 16 he began to publish humorous stories in Russian satiric journals.[3] At that time he took thepen name 'Osip Dymov', fromthe character inAnton Chekhov's short story "The Grasshopper" (1892),[4] and continued to write under that name throughout his career.[1]
He emigrated to the United States in 1913,[3] at the invitation of Yiddish actor and theatre directorBoris Thomashefsky,[2] and subsequently became known for his contributions toYiddish theatre.[1] Among his most popular plays areYoshke Musikant (Yoshke the musician; 1914) andBronx Express (1919).[2] The latter play had its premiere in 1919 in a Yiddish translation, at the Jewish Art theatre ofJacob Ben-Ami; it was later translated into English and performed at theAstor Theatre onBroadway, in 1922,[5] to mixed reviews.[6]
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