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Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; 1904 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish-American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator. Some of his works were adapted for the theater.
Isaac Bashevis Singer (born July 14?, 1904, Radzymin, Poland, Russian Empire—died July 24, 1991, Surfside, Florida, U.S.) was a Polish-born American writer of novels, short stories, and essays in Yiddish. He was the recipient in 1978 of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Biography — Isaac Bashevis Singer. Born in 1903, in the Polish town of Leoncin, and residing briefly in a Hasidic court in Radzymin, Singer’s family eventually moved to Warsaw and lived on Krochmalna St. – which became the setting for many of his stories and novels, including his autobiographical work In My Father's Court (1967).
A biographical sketch of the American-born Jewish writer, who won the Nobel Prize for his novels and short stories about the East European Jewish world. Learn about his childhood, influences, themes, and works, such as Satan in Goray, The Magician of Lublin, and Gimpel The Fool.
Jun 8, 2003 · Learn about the life and career of Isaac Bashevis Singer, one of the greatest Yiddish writers of the twentieth century. Explore his novels, stories, memoirs, and children's books that reflect his religious, social, and personal themes.
The first Yiddish author to win a Nobel Prize and the only established American writer who wrote in Yiddish, I. B. Singer created historical sagas about the Jews in Poland, from premodern times through the Holocaust. He also published memoirs and children’s books.
