[Year of first publication] 1894 [Character(s)] Bonshte [Work] "Bonshte the Silent" [Creator] I. L. Peretz [Country of publication] Poland [Details] The story of meek Bonshte "who never learned his worth" became an admonition to Jewish workers and one of many inspirations by Peretz for their social activism in Poland.[39] [Media] 
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