Shmuel Niger

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Shmuel (Samuel) Niger
Born	Shmuel Ṭsharni 15 June 1883 Dukora, Minsk Governorate
Died	24 December 1955, age 72 New York City, New York
Nationality	Russian Empire, United States
Other names	Samuel Niger, Samuel Charney, Shmuel Ṭsharni
Occupation	Yiddish literary critic

Shmuel Niger (also Samuel Niger, pen name of Samuel Charney, 1883-1955) was a Yiddish writer, literary critic and historian and was one of the leading figures of Yiddish cultural work and Yiddishism in pre-revolution Russia.^[1]