Alter Druyanov () (July 6, 1870 – May 10, 1938) was a Russian Jewish writer, editor, translator, folklorist, journalist, historian of early Zionism, and Zionist activist. His pen name derived from his birthplace, Druya, was variously transliterated as Druyanow, Drujanow, etc.) He wrote both in Yiddish and Hebrew languages.Shulamit Shalit, "Jewish Joke King", Mishpokha Magazine, no.14, 2004Elisheva Schoenfeld, "Introduction" to Index to Druyanov's Book of Jokes and WitStuart Schoffman, "Pinch of Levity", Jewish Review of Books, August 7, 2019 (a review of Sefer ha-Bedicha ve-ha-Chidud)
Alter Druyanov was born in Druya (in Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire, now in Belarus) to a wealthy family of a Chasidic rabbi and merchant Eliakim Pesach (Hetzel Yankelevich).
Books Ketavim le-toledot Chibbat Zion we-Jischuv Erez Israel, vol. I Odessa 1918, vols. II, III, Tel Aviv 1925/1932, (annotated collection of documents of Hibbat Zion period of Hovevei Zion under Leon Pinsker Sefer ha-Bedicha ve-ha-Chidud (ספר הבדיחה והחידוד, ), 1922 () פינסקר וזמנו ("Pinsker and His Time")
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Further reading "ALTER DRUYANOV (AVROM-ABE OSHER)", from Yiddish Leksikon, by Joshua Fogel