Isaac Bashevis Singer
(1904–1991), Yiddish writer; in translation, among the most widely read authors of the twentieth century. The son and grandson of rabbis on both sides of his family, Isaac Bashevis Singer was born to strictly observant parents in the village of Leoncin, near Warsaw. With the outbreak of World War I, his mother (from whose first name he later derived his pseudonym Bashevis) took her children back to the village of Biłgoraj, where her rabbi father ruled with iron discipline. There, in a place untouched by modernity, Bashevis, who was educated in traditional religious schools, acquired the profou
- Life
- 1902–1991
- Born in
- Radzymin · pages mentioning people born there
- Died in
- Miami, Fla.
- Occupation
- Journalist, Schriftsteller
- Elsewhere
- GND 118614649 · VIAF · Wikidata Q75612 · Wikipedia
- In JudaicaLink
- entity page ep/1000005 · TagMe dbpedia/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
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… Volkes in der Gegenwart“ und “Die Bedeutung Israels in der jüdischen Gegenwart“. Liebhaoern der Literatur bietet sien “Isaac Bashevis Singer und sein Werk in der jüdiscnen Seele“. Aktuell# Fragen von besonderem Interesse behandelt das Seminar “Das jüdische Leb…