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Isaac Bashvis Singer

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Isaac Bashvis Singer

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Isaac Bashevis Singer Singer (November 21, 1902 - July 24, 1991) was an American Jewish writer born in Warsaw, Poland. He wrote in Yiddish and was a short story writer. He was the winner of the 1967 Newbery Medal Silver Medal and the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature. The work profoundly depicts Jewish life in Poland and the United States.

Category
Writers
Nationality
United States
Born
1903-11-21
Died
1991-07-24
Wikidata
Q75612
Occupations translatornovelistEsperantoautobiographerjournalistchildren's literature writerscreenwriteressayistnobel prize winnerwriter
Aliases I. B. SingerIsaac BashevisIsaac Bashevis SingerIsaac Bashevis-SingerIsaac SingerItzhak Bashevis SingerYitsḥaḳ BasheṿisYitsḥaḳ Basheṿis- ZingerYitsḥaḳ Basheṿis-ZingerYitsḥoḳ Bashevis- ZingerYitsḥoḳ Bashevis-ZingerYitsḥoḳ BasheṿisIsaac Bashevis SingerIsaac Bashvis Singer

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