Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Portrait c. 1980–1990
Portrait c. 1980–1990
BornIzaak Zynger
(1903-11-11)November 11, 1903
Leoncin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
DiedJuly 24, 1991(1991-07-24) (aged 87)
Surfside, Florida, United States
Pen nameBashevis,
Warszawski (pron. Varshavsky),
D. Segal
OccupationNovelist, short story writer
LanguageYiddish
CitizenshipPoland, United States
GenreFictional prose
Notable worksThe Magician of Lublin
A Day of Pleasure
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1978
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; 1903[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] – 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.[9][10][11][12] He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.[13][14] 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)[15] and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).[16]

  1. ^ Singer, Bashevis (1935). Satan in Goray. London: Vintage (published 2014). pp. Foreword (the literal third page in the book). ISBN 9780099285472.
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  3. ^ Singer, Isaac Bashevis (November 11, 2019). "Who Needs Literature?". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Authors". Jewish Review of Books. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Isaac Bashevis Singer, Author at The American Scholar". The American Scholar. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Biography". Isaac Bashevis Singer. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991)". Lapham's Quarterly. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  8. ^ Singer, Isaac Bashevis (May 24, 2017). "Isaac Bashevis Singer". Narrative Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "Isaac Bashevis Singer | American author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "Isaac Bashevis Singer". Oxford Reference. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "Isaac Bashevis Singer". www.peterowen.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  12. ^ "Immigration". Yiddish Book Center. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
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