Rosten, Leo
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Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11, 1908February 19, 1997) was an American teacher, academic and humorist best remembered for his stories about the night-school "prodigy" Hyman Kaplan (first published in The New Yorker in the 1930s, and later reprinted in two volumesThe Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N and The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, under the pseudonym Leonard Q. Ross), and for The Joys of Yiddishan excellent guide to the language and to Jewish culture (as well as a great source for anecdotes and Jewish humour). · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version
"If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it."
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"Humor is the affectionate communication of insight."
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"We see things as we are, not as they are."
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"Satire is focused bitterness."
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"I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe."
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"Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense."
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