Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] – July 24, 1991) was a leading writer in Yiddish literature. He was a Jewish American who was born in Poland. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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_(cropped).jpg) Isaac Bashevis Singer in 1969 | |
| Born | Izaak Zynger November 11, 1903 Leoncin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 24, 1991 (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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Isaac Bashevis Singer Media
Isaac (right) with his brother Israel Joshua Singer (1930s)
Krochmalna Street in Warsaw near the place where the Singers lived (1940 or 1941)
Singer's bench in Biłgoraj
Commemorative plaque at 1 Krochmalna Street in Warsaw
The typewriter that Singer used during his visits to Israel in the 1970s
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References
- ↑ "Is today actually Isaac Bashevis Singer's birthday?". Literary Hub. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ Singer, Isaac Bashevis (November 11, 2019). "Who Needs Literature?". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Authors". Jewish Review of Books. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Isaac Bashevis Singer, Author at The American Scholar". The American Scholar. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Biography". Isaac Bashevis Singer. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991)". Lapham's Quarterly. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ Singer, Isaac Bashevis (May 24, 2017). "Isaac Bashevis Singer". Narrative Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
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