Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer was born on July 14, 1904 in Leoncin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Leoncin, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Yentl (1983), American Playhouse (1982) and Enemies, A Love Story (1989). He was previously married to Alma Wassermann and Runia Pontsch. He died on July 24, 1991 in Surfside, Florida, USA.




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Isaac Bashevis Singer was born on July 14, 1904 in Leoncin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Leoncin, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Yentl (1983), American Playhouse (1982) and Enemies, A Love Story (1989). He was previously married to Alma Wassermann and Runia Pontsch. He died on July 24, 1991 in Surfside, Florida, USA.


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Educated at Warsaw Rabbinical Seminary.Emigrated to USA in 1935.Has worked as journalist and columnist for the New York paper "The Jewish Daily Forward"Nearly all his fiction was written in Yiddish for the journal.Received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at ... [Details Intro]