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1904-1991

Isaac Bashevis Singer. 1904-1991. Early Life. Born July 14, 1904 in Leoncin, Poland Attended Warsaw seminary to be a Rabbi Decided to be a writer Worked as journalist for Yiddish press Emigrated to the U.S. in 1935 Became reporter for Daily Forward in New York City. Personal Life.

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1904-1991

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  1. Isaac Bashevis Singer 1904-1991

  2. Early Life • Born July 14, 1904 in Leoncin, Poland • Attended Warsaw seminary to be a Rabbi • Decided to be a writer • Worked as journalist for Yiddish press • Emigrated to the U.S. in 1935 • Became reporter for Daily Forward in New York City

  3. Personal Life • Married Runia Pontsch • son Israel Zamir born 1929 • Separated from Runia when he moved to New York • Married German-Jewish immigrant Alma Wassermann in 1940 • Had a brother Israel Joshua Singer and sister Esther Kreitman

  4. Novels • Satan in Goray~1935 • The Family Moskat~1950 • The Magician of Lublin~1961 • In My Father’s Court~1966 • The Manor~1967 • The Estate~1969

  5. Awards • National Book Award for children's literature for A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw in 1969 • Nobel Prize in literature in 1978 • Gold Medal for Fiction in 1989

  6. Later Life • Continued to write for Daily Forward • Published new material until death • Died in 1991 after a series of strokes

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