Isaac Bashevis Singer was a leading figure of the 20th-century Yiddish Literary Movement and the 1978 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born on November 21, 1902 in Poland, his best known works include The Magician of Lublin and A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories.
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About
Leading figure of the 20th-century Yiddish Literary Movement and 1978 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best known works include The Magician of Lublin and A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories.
Before Fame
The son of a Hasidic rabbi, Singer initially set his own sights on a religious career. He immigrated to the United States in 1935, due to the increasing threat of the Nazi regime in his native Poland.
Trivia
His memoir, A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw, won a U.S. National Book Award for Children's Literature.
Family Life
He married Alma Wassermann in 1940 and spent the last fifty years of his life in New York and Florida. He had a son named Israel.
Associated With
He and T.S. Eliot were both recipients of the Nobel Prize for Literature.