Isaac Bashevis Singer

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born

November 21, 1902

died

July 24, 1991

gender

male

place of birth

Leoncin, Poland

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences

Aaron Zeitlin, Sholem Aleichem, Knut Hamsun

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Awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life."

books by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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avg rating: 4.07 | 1263 ratings | 110 distinct works

	The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 4.28 — 134 ratings — published 1983 8 editions	my rating:
	Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 4.19 — 115 ratings — published 2006 8 editions	my rating:
	Enemies: A Love Story (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 4.04 — 95 ratings — published 1972 13 editions	my rating:
	Shosha: A Novel (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 3.93 — 94 ratings — published 1996 10 editions	my rating:
	The Slave (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 4.13 — 83 ratings — published 1988 8 editions	my rating:
	Satan in Goray: A Novel (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 3.89 — 62 ratings — published 1996 7 editions	my rating:
	Shadows on the Hudson (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 3.83 — 47 ratings — published 1999 9 editions	my rating:
	The Family Moskat: A Novel (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 4.21 — 38 ratings — published 2007 8 editions	my rating:
	Stories for Children (Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 4.29 — 28 ratings — published 1985 4 editions	my rating:
	The Spinoza of Market Street (Mass Market Paperback) by Isaac Bashevis Singer avg rating 4.50 — 24 ratings — published 1958 5 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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

tags: chicken, vegetarianism

17 people liked it

"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)

tags: truth

5 people liked it

"A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. "
— Isaac Bashevis Singer

2 people liked it

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