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Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis-Singer

Polish-American writer (1904–1991).

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Family Name

Singer

Award Received

Nobel Prize in Literature
 (1978)
Award Rationale
: for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life
Award Rationale
: för hans intensiva berättarkonst, som med rötter i en polsk-judisk kulturtradition levandegör universella mänskliga villkor
Point in Time
: 1978
Prize Money
: 725,000 Swedish krona
National Book Award
 (1970)
For Work
:
A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw
Point in Time
: 1970
Itzik Manger Prize
 (1973)
Point in Time
: 1973
Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal
 (1981)
Point in Time
: 1981
Honorary Doctor of Ben-Gurion University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami
 (5/11/1982)
Point in Time
: 5/11/1982
National Book Award
 (1974)
For Work
:
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
Point in Time
: 1974
Bancarella Literary Prize
 (1968)
For Work
:
The Family Moskat
Point in Time
: 1968

Place of Death

Surfside
Miami

Country of Citizenship

United States
Poland
Russian Empire

Date of Birth

11/21/1903
7/14/1904
1904

Date of Death

7/24/1991
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1991

Instance Of

Human

Native Language

Yiddish

Cause of Death

Stroke

Ethnic Group

Jewish People

Occupation

10 items
Translator
Novelist
Esperantist
Autobiographer
Journalist
Children's Writer
Writer
Screenwriter
Prose Writer
Nobel Prize Winner

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English
Esperanto
Yiddish
Polish

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Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Place of Birth

Leoncin
Radzymin

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Sibling

Esther Kreitman
Israel Joshua Singer

Name in Native Language

יצחק זינגער

Given Name

Isaac (First Name)

Start of Work Period

1927

Pseudonym

Bashevis
Warszawski
D. Segal

Employer

Bard College

Place of Burial

Cedar Park Cemetery

Sex or Gender

Male

Has Works in the Collection

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Notable Work

The Magician of Lublin
Gimpel the Fool

Writing Language

Yiddish
English

Archives At

Harry Ransom Center
Title
: Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers
Inventory Number
:MS-03849

Spouse

Alma Wassermann

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Subject Named As
:Башевис-Зингер Исаак
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Child

Israel Zamir
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