David Samoscz
David Samoscz | |
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| Born | 29 December 1789 Kempen, Province of Posen |
| Died | 29 April 1864 (aged 74) Breslau, Prussia |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Genre | Children's literature, occasional poetry |
| Literary movement | Haskalah |
David ben Joseph Samoscz (Yiddish: דוד בן יוסף זאַמושׁטשׁ; 29 December 1789 – 29 April 1864) was a German author of Hebrew children's literature.
Born in Kempen, Province of Posen, he went at an early age to Breslau, where he was a tutor and private teacher until 1822, when he entered business. Having met with reverses he toward the end of his life devoted himself again to literature. He was a prolific author of stories for the young, written in Hebrew and adapted mainly from the German, and of textbooks of instruction in the Jewish religion.