Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Novelist, short story writer.

From the guide to the Isaac Bashevis Singer Manuscripts, [ca. 1960]-1971, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

Novelist, short story writer; came to America in 1935. Born Isaac Singer July 14, 1904, in Radzymin, Poland; son of Pinchos Menachem and Bathsheba (Zylberman) Singer.

From the description of Manuscripts collection, [ca. 1960]-1970. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477256024

Polish-born American author of novels, short stories, plays, and children's fiction; recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature.

From the description of Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers, 1775, 1923-1995. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 84377894

Isaac Bashevis Singer (pseudonym Isaac Warshofsky) was born July 14, 1904, in Radzymin, Poland. He came to the United States in 1935 and became a naturalized citizen in 1943. He died July 24, 1991, in Surfside, FL. As an author he wrote fiction that chronicled the lives and legends of Eastern European Jews, and the adventures of new American immigrants in the twentieth century. Many of his stories evoke the culture of the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe. He was the son of a Jewish rabbi, and did most of his writing in Yiddish. In 1978 he won the Nobel Prize for literature. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 3, 27, 68 Children's Literature Review, vol. 1

From the guide to the Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers, 1968, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

Isaac Bashevis Singer (pseudonym Isaac Warshofsky) was born July 14, 1904, in Radzymin, Poland. He came to the United States in 1935 and became a naturalized citizen in 1943. He died July 24, 1991, in Surfside, FL. As an author he wrote fiction that chronicled the lives and legends of Eastern European Jews, and the adventures of new American immigrants in the twentieth century. Many of his stories evoke the culture of the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe. He was the son of a Jewish rabbi, and did most of his writing in Yiddish. In 1978 he won the Nobel Prize for literature. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 3, 27, 68 Children's Literature Review, vol. 1.

From the description of Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers 1968. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 462884578

Polish-American author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Tel Aviv, to Seymour Peck, [no year] May 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872256

Isaac Bashevis Singer, playwright.

From the description of Shlemiel the first: typescript, 1994. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652516

Novelist, short story writer.

From the description of Manuscripts, [ca. 1960]-1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122600476

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referencedIn Harvard College Library. Slavic Division. Exhibit materials : Slavic Nobel laureates in literature. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers, 1968 University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections
referencedIn Gombos, Edith. Edith Gombos papers, 1960-1979. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Fishman, Rukhl, 1935-1984. Rukhl Fishman papers, 1940-1990. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Schultz, Wesley C. The demonology of Isaac Bashevis Singer / Wesley C. Schultz. Macalester College, DeWitt Wallace Library
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Shlemiel the first: typescript, 1994. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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referencedIn Telushkin, Dvorah, 1954- . Dvorah Telushkin Collection of Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers, 1951-1998. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1970. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives. Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives audio tapes collection, 1987-[ongoing]. University of Arizona Libraries
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Office files : of The American Poetry Review, 1973-1975. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Fales Manuscript Collection, ca. 1700-2000 Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Letter : to Dr. Schwarz. New York, NY. 1962 July 26. University of Iowa Libraries
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creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Autograph letter signed : Tel Aviv, to Seymour Peck, [no year] May 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Napolin, Leah. Yentl : a play : based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story "Yentl the yeshiva boy" / Adapted for the stage by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn RELIGION AND ETHICS #428: ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER ON JUDAISM National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Walken, Richard. Gimpel the fool : a play / by Richard Walken ; adapted from the story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1991. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Sander, Peter M. Letters from Olivia and Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1971-1972. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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referencedIn Letters from Olivia and Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1971-1972 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Manuscripts collection, [ca. 1960]-1970. Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. 880-01 Gimpel tam. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
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creatorOf Zemach, Margot. Alone in the forest : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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creatorOf Isaac Bashevis Singer Manuscripts, [ca. 1960]-1971 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Shlemiel the First (Musical) [clippings] New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn Smith, Charlotte. Papers of Charlotte Smith, 1961-1996. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Stanley Burnshaw Papers TXRC93-A78., 1927-1987, (bulk 1945-1987) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Fisher, Leonard Everett. The wicked city : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Elizabeth Shub Collection of Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers TXRC04-A3., 1967-1985, nd Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Lost in America : galley proof, 1981 / Isaac Bashevis Singer ; paintings and drawings by Raphael Soyer. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Ginsburg, Mirra. Mirra Ginsburg papers 1910-1999. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. [Discussion at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] / with Isaac Bashevis Singer]. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
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referencedIn Mirra Ginsburg Papers, 1910-1999 Columbia University, Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
referencedIn Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y). National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting. Audio and video tapes and records, [ca. 1930-1985] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Gombos, Edith. Papers, 1960-1979 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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creatorOf Zemach, Margot. When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Beck, Evelyn Torton,. Oral history interview with Evelyn Torton Beck [sound recording], 1975. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Moreli, Yehudah, 1948-. 880-01 Gimpel tam. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn American Jewish University photograph collection, 1947-2007 (bulk 1947-1999) American Jewish University
creatorOf Shulevitz, Uri, 1935-. Uri Shulevitz papers, 1973-1974. University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers, 1775, 1923-1995. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Isaac Bashevis Singer Papers 1968. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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creatorOf Zemach, Margot. Mazel and Shlimazel : or, The milk of a lioness : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Manuscripts, [ca. 1960]-1971. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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creatorOf Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. 880-01 Gimpel tam. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
New York City NY US
Warsaw 78 PL
Surfside FL US
Subject
American literature
Authors, American
Jewish authors
Authors, Yiddish
Authors, Yiddish
Children's stories
Jewish folk literature
Jewish literature
Jews
Jews, Polish
Nobel laureate
Nobel Prize winners
Short stories, Jewish
Yiddish literature
Yiddish literature
Occupation
Authors
Jewish authors
Authors, Yiddish
Translator
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Person

Birth 1904-11-21

Death 1991-07-24

Americans

Spanish; Castilian,

French,

Polish,

Russian,

German,

Danish,

English,

Hebrew,

Italian,

Yiddish

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