# Nahma Sandrow

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American cultural historian (born 1940)

**Nahma Sandrow** is an American [scholar](/source/Scholar) of [theater](/source/Theater) and [cultural history](/source/Cultural_history),[1] and [author](/source/Author) of the books *Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater*; *God, Man, and Devil: Yiddish Plays in Translation*; and *Surrealism: Theater, Arts, Ideas*.[2] She is also the author of *Kuni-Leml* and *Vagabond Stars*, prize-winning [Off-Broadway](/source/Off-Broadway) musicals based on [Yiddish theatre](/source/Yiddish_theatre) material.[2] She is Professor Emerita at [Bronx Community College](/source/Bronx_Community_College) of the [City University of New York](/source/City_University_of_New_York),[2] and has lectured at [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University), [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), the [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution), and elsewhere.

[Joseph Papp](/source/Joseph_Papp), writing in the *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)* Book Review, observed about *Vagabond Stars*: "what makes Sandrow's work distinctive is the unusual blend of impeccable scholarship and hilarious backstage anecdote."[3]

In 1984 Samuel Freedman, of the *New York Times*, described the Off-Broadway success of *Kuni-Leml*, based on [Abraham Goldfaden](/source/Abraham_Goldfaden)'s Yiddish play *[The Two Kuni-Lemls](/source/The_Two_Kuni-Lemls)*, of 1880, as "largely attributable to Nahma Sandrow", noting that her work in researching, translating, and adapting the play had yielded a production with contemporary resonance.[1]

## Selected works

### Books

- *Surrealism: Theater, Arts, Ideas*

- *[Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater](https://books.google.com/books?id=ABnQTU7xYJ8C)*. New York: Harper & Row, 1977; reprint: Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1996. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780815603290](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780815603290)

- *God, Man, and Devil: Yiddish Plays in Translation*

### Drama

- *Vagabond Stars*

- *Kuni-Leml*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Freedman_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Freedman_1-1) Freedman, Samuel G. (December 3, 1984). "[A Goldfadn Hit of 1880 Is Reborn Off Broadway](https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/03/theater/a-goldfadn-hit-of-1880-is-reborn-off-broadway.html)". *New York Times*. Retrieved 2016-12-28.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-JWA_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-JWA_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-JWA_2-2) "[Nahma Sandrow](http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/sandrow-nahma)". Jewish Women's Archive. jwa.org. Retrieved 2016-12-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Papp, Joseph (January 1, 1978). "[A Good Cry, a Good Laugh](https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/01/archives/a-good-cry-a-good-laugh-vagabond-stars.html)". *New York Times*. Retrieved 2016-12-28.

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