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Michael Wex (born September 12, 1954) is a Canadian novelist, playwright, translator, lecturer, performer, and author of books on language and literature.〔(Summer Yiddish Internship 2008: Yiddish Summer.org )〕 His specialty is Yiddish and his book ''Born to Kvetch'' was a surprise bestseller in 2005.〔 Wex lives in Toronto with his wife Marilla and daughter Sabina.〔Biography notes from his book covers〕 Michael Wex was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to a family of descendants of Rebbes of Ciechanów and Stryków. He has taught at the University of Toronto and the University of Michigan.〔("Michael Wex" ), an interview by Wordsmith.org, December 5, 2005〕 ==Works== *''The Frumkiss Family Business''. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-39776-8 *''How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck)''. Harper, 2009. ISBN 978-0-061-77111-8 *''Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do)''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007. ISBN 0-312-36462-8 *''Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language And Culture in All Its Moods''. Publisher: St. Martin's Press (September 1, 2005). ISBN 0-312-30741-1 *''Born to Kvetch'' (Audio CD). ISBN 0-06-113122-9 *''Shlepping the Exile'', 1993, ISBN 0-88962-542-5 *''The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist''. 2007. *''Die Abenteuer des Micah Mushmelon, kindlicher Talmudist'' (dt. von Heiko Lehmann, Wagenbach 2005) *''Classic Yiddish Stories of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I.L. Peretz''. (Michael Wex, translator) 2004. ISBN 0-8156-0760-1 *''The Wishing-Ring'' by S.Y. Abramovitsh (Michael Wex, translator). 2003. ISBN 0-8156-3035-2 *''God in Paris'' (performance) *''Sex in Yiddish'' (performance) *''Judenverwolkung, or Meshiekh's Tsaytn'' (performance) *''I Just Want to Jewify (The Yiddish Revenge on Wagner)'' (performance) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Wex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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