Lamed Shapiro
Lamed Shapiro | |
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| Born | Levi Yehoshua Shapiro March 10, 1878 Rzhyshchiv, Ukraine |
| Died | 1948 (aged 69–70) Los Angeles, California, US |
Levi Yehoshua Shapiro (Yiddish: ל. שאַפּיראָ: March 10, 1878 – 1948), known as "Lamed Shapiro", (lamed is the Yiddish name of the letter ל), was a Ukrainian-born American Yiddish author. His stories are best known for such themes as murder, rape and cannibalism.