Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born American writer and Nobel Prize–winning master of modern Yiddish literature, renowned for his stories blending Jewish folklore, mysticism, and everyday life.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Literature
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short story writer
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alsoKnownAs Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Yitskhok Bashevis Zinger
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction
surface form: National Book Award for Children's Books

National Book Award for Fiction
Nobel Prize in Literature
birthName Icek Hersz Zynger
burialPlace Beth David Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Florida
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfBirth Poland
countryOfCitizenship Poland
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-11-21
dateOfDeath 1991-07-24
emigratedTo United States of America
emigrationYear 1935
ethnicity Jewish
familyName Singer
father Pinchas Menachem Singer
fieldOfWork Jewish literature
Yiddish literature
gender male
genre Jewish folklore
fantasy
historical fiction
magic realism
givenName Isaac
languageOfExpression English
Yiddish
mother Bathsheba Zylberman
movement modern Yiddish literature
name Isaac Bashevis Singer self-link
notableFor blending Jewish folklore, mysticism, and everyday life in fiction
notableWork Enemies, A Love Story
Gimpel the Fool
Shosha
The Manor
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The Magician of Lublin
The Manor
The Slave
occupation children's writer
journalist
novelist
short story writer
writer
placeOfBirth Leoncin
placeOfDeath Surfside, Florida
pseudonym Bashevis
religion Judaism
residence New York City
sibling Israel Joshua Singer
spouse Alma Wassermann
yearAwarded Nobel Prize in Literature
surface form: 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature

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