Isaac Bashevis Singer





Isaac Bashevis Singer

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born
in Leoncin, Poland
November 21, 1902

died
July 24, 1991

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influences
Aaron Zeitlin, Sholem Aleichem, Knut Hamsun


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Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. His memoir, A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw, which won the U.S. National Book Award, Children's Literature in 1970.


Average rating: 4.06 · 13,893 ratings · 1,001 reviews · 131 distinct works · Similar authors
The Collected Stories of Is...
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4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 1982 — 12 editions
The Slave
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 838 ratings — published 1962 — 27 editions
Gimpel the Fool and Other S...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 808 ratings — published 1953 — 17 editions
Enemies: A Love Story
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 888 ratings — published 1966 — 22 editions
Shosha
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 718 ratings — published 1978 — 25 editions
The Magician of Lublin
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 1960 — 31 editions
The Family Moskat
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1950 — 26 editions
Satan in Goray
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 1955 — 18 editions
In My Father's Court
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1962 — 18 editions
Shadows on the Hudson
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1998 — 23 editions
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“I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

“I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer

“People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer

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