Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Author 38 / Writer · 1950 – 2012 · 🎬 1 📖 38

Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated his own works into English with the help of editors and collaborators. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. A leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, he was awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).

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Highlights

Ameriḳah

2012

The Real Shlemiel

2004

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver

2002

Frequent Collaborators

Mark Twain

4 shared

Isaac Asimov

4 shared

Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson

4 shared

Edgar Allan Poe

4 shared

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson

3 shared

Maya Angelou

3 shared

All decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

🎬 Movies

The Real Shlemiel

writer

2004

📖 Books

Ameriḳah

author

2012

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver

author

2002

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

author

2002

Shadows on the Hudson

Shadows on the Hudson

author

1998

Meshugah

Meshugah

author

1994

The certificate

The certificate

author

1992

Schiuma e racconti scelti

author

1992

Scum

Scum

author

1991

Prentice Hall Literature--Silver

Prentice Hall Literature--Silver

author

1991

Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder

Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder

author

1989

The death of Methuselah and other stories

The death of Methuselah and other stories

author

1988

The penitent

The penitent

author

1983

The Golem

The Golem

author

1982

Short stories

Short stories

author

1982

Power of Light

Power of Light

author

1980

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

author

1980

Reaches of Heaven

Reaches of Heaven

author

1980

Shosha

Shosha

author

1978

Naftali the storyteller and his horse, Sus

Naftali the storyteller and his horse, Sus

author

1976

Wandering Stars

Wandering Stars

author

1974

Why Noah Chose the Dove (Sunburst Book)

Why Noah Chose the Dove (Sunburst Book)

author

1974

Enemies, a love story

Enemies, a love story

author

1972

Enemies

Enemies

author

1972

Joseph and Koza

Joseph and Koza

author

1970

The estate

The estate

author

1969

The séance, and other stories

The séance, and other stories

author

1968

The Manor

The Manor

author

1967

The fearsome inn

The fearsome inn

author

1967

Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories

Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories

author

1966

Short Friday, and other stories

Short Friday, and other stories

author

1964

Der Knecht

Der Knecht

author

1962

A Friend of Kafka

A Friend of Kafka

author

1962

The magician of Lublin

The magician of Lublin

author

1960

Gimpel the fool and other stories

Gimpel the fool and other stories

author

1957

Gimpel the Fool

Gimpel the Fool

author

1957

Satan in Goray

Satan in Goray

author

1955

An Isaac Bashevis Singer reader

An Isaac Bashevis Singer reader

author

1953

The Family Moskat

The Family Moskat

author

1950

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