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Isaac Bashevis Singer

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1978
for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life
Citizenship
United States United States Poland Poland Russian Empire Russian Empire
Languages
English, Polish, Yiddish, Esperanto
date of birth
7/14/1904
place of birth
Radzymin, Leoncin
date of death
7/24/1991
place of death
Surfside, Miami
Lived
87 years
occupation
  • screenwriter
  • Nobel Prize winner
  • translator
  • journalist
  • children's writer
  • novelist
  • Esperantist
  • prose writer
  • autobiographer
  • writer
employer
  • Bard College
notable work
  • The Magician of Lublin
  • Gimpel the Fool
  • Meshugah
member of
  • American Academy of Arts and Letters
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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