Isaac Bashevis Singer
Jewish American author (1903–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; 1904[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]
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Born | Izaak Zynger (1903-11-11)November 11, 1903 Leoncin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
Died | July 24, 1991(1991-07-24) (aged 87) Surfside, Florida, United States |
Pen name | Bashevis, Warszawski (pron. Varshavsky), D. Segal |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
Language | Yiddish |
Citizenship | Poland, United States |
Genre | Fictional prose |
Notable works | The Magician of Lublin A Day of Pleasure |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1978 |
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