Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903 - 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish American author of short stories, novels, essays, cultural criticism, memoirs, plays and stories for children. In a career spanning nearly seven decades, he wrote in Yiddish and translated his work into English with collaborators and editors. Singer published widely during his lifetime, including nearly 60 stories in The New Yorker, and received numerous awards and prizes, including two Newberry Honor Book Awards, two National Book Awards and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.