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Isaac Bashevis Singer

Born July 14, 1904 Died July 24, 1991 (Age 87)Leoncin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Leoncin, Mazowieckie, Poland]15 Credits

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 Prize for Literature in 1…

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Isaac Bashevis Singer

Born July 14, 1904 Died July 24, 1991 (Age 87)Leoncin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Leoncin, Mazowieckie, Poland]15 Credits

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 Prize for Literature in 1…