Shimon Dzigan
Shimon Dzigan (Yiddish: שמעון דזשיגאן, Polish: Szymon Dzigan; born 1905 in Łódź - April 14, 1980 in Tel Aviv) was a Polish Jewish comedian who worked primarily in Yiddish.
His father was a soldier in the Imperial Russian army. After the outbreak of the First World War Dzigan was apprenticed to a tailor to help the family make ends meet. Moyshe Broderzon was impressed by Dzigan's improvised parodie…
Artist details
- Type
- Person
- Area
- Poland
- Born
- April 1st, 1905
- Died
- April 14th, 1980