Semyon Yushkevich

Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich (, July 12, 1868 – December 2, 1927), was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda. He was a representative of the Jewish-Russian school of literature.

Yushkevich studied medicine at the Sorbonne, before beginning his writing career.

Yushkevich's first story was published in 1897, entitled "The Tailor: From Jewish Daily Life" (Портной. Из еврейского быта) in Russkoye Bogatstvo. His 1910 play Miserere was staged at the Moscow Art Theatre. Yushkevich wrote novels as well, such as Leon Drei (Леон Дрей). He contributed to the publications Русском Богатстве, Восходе, Мире Божьем, Журнале для всех and others.

During Yushkevich's lifetime, in Petrograd, a 15-volume collection of his works was published.