Mike Gold

Michael Gold
Mike Gold before a New York crowd (1930s)
Born	Itzok Isaac Granich (1894-04-12)April 12, 1894 Lower East Side, New York City
Died	May 14, 1967(1967-05-14) (aged 73) Terra Linda, California
Occupation	Editor author literary critic
Nationality	American
Literary movement	Proletarian literature
Notable works	Jews Without Money

Michael Gold (April 12, 1894 – May 14, 1967) was the pen-name of Jewish American writer Itzok Isaac Granich. A lifelong communist, Gold was a novelist and literary critic. His semi-autobiographical novel Jews without Money (1930) was a bestseller. During the 1930s and 1940s, Gold was considered the preeminent author and editor of U.S. proletarian literature.