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Isaac Bashevis Singer Writer

Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish-American author. The Polish form of his birth name was Izaak Zynger and he used his mother's first name in an initial pseudonym, Izaak Baszewis, which he later expanded to the form under which he is now known. He was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, writing and publishing only in Yiddish, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. He also 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).

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Zynger Icek-Hersz; יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער
Birth date	November 21, 1902
Birth place	Leoncin , Congress Poland
Ethnicity	History of the Jews in Poland
Citizenship	United States
Date of death	July 24, 1991
Place of death	Surfside Florida

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