Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-American writer who lived from 1904 to 1991 and is known for his literary contributions to Yiddish and English literature. He matters as a significant voice in twentieth-century literature who preserved and celebrated Jewish culture and storytelling traditions through his work.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- November 21, 1902
- Died
- July 24, 1991
- Works
- 735
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Writing · Leoncin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Leoncin, Mazowieckie, Poland]
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – 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. He wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated his own works into English with the help of editors and collaborators. He was awarded the Nobel…
Known for
- Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer — Self1986
- Apostrophes — Self1975
- Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs. Pupko's Beard — Self1973
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- Type
- Person
- Active from
- 1902-11-21
- Active to
- 1991-07-24
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated his own works into English with the help of editors and collaborators. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. A leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, he was awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).
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1903 births1991 deaths20th-century American dramatists and playwrights20th-century American Jews20th-century American male writers20th-century American memoirists20th-century American novelists20th-century American short story writers20th-century American translators20th-century Polish JewsAmerican autobiographersAmerican children's writers