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Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991) was an American translator, novelist and esperantist.

Also recorded as Isaac Bashevis-Singer; Yitsḥoḳ Basheṿis; Yitsḥaḳ Basheṿis-Zinger; Yitsḥaḳ Basheṿis- Zinger; I. B. Singer; Itzhak Bashevis Singer.

Overview

Also worked under the name Bashevis, Warszawski and D. Segal.

Born at Leoncin in 1903, died at Surfside in 1991.

In detail

the recorded working language is English, Esperanto and Yiddish.

Employment is recorded with Bard College. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Works named in the authority record are The Magician of Lublin, Gimpel the Fool and Meshugah.

Work by Isaac Bashevis Singer is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Distinctions recorded are Nobel Prize in Literature, National Book Award, Itzik Manger Prize and Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Isaac Bashevis Singer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q75612: Isaac Bashevis Singer

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