Lamed Shapiro | |
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Born | Levi Yehoshua Shapiro 1878 Rzhyshchiv, Ukraine |
Died | 1948 Los Angeles, California, United States |
Levi Yehoshua Shapiro (Yiddish: ל. שאַפּיראָ, born 1878, died 1948), better known as "Lamed Shapiro", (lamed is the Yiddish name of the letter ל), was an American Yiddish author. His stories are best known for such themes as murder, rape, and cannibalism.[1]