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'''Isaac Bashevis Singer''' (1902 – July 24, 1991) was a [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[American]] writer of [[short story|short stories]] and [[novel]]s in [[Yiddish]].  He co-translated many of his works into [[English]].
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'''Isaac Bashevis Singer''' (1902 – July 24, 1991) was a [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[American]] writer of [[short story|short stories]] and [[novel]]s in [[Yiddish]].   
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All of Singer's works for children were initially published as translated works from the Yiddish, with the author's contribution as both co-translator and co-editor. In the process he and his coeditor rearranged structural elements in the narratives and with a judicious choice of English vocabulary manage to convey much of the original punch of the Yiddish jokes and exaggerations about Singer's fools.  
    
Singer was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in Literature in 1978 "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life."<ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1978/</ref>
 
Singer was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in Literature in 1978 "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life."<ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1978/</ref>
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==Further reading==
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* Allison, Alida. ''Isaac Bashevis Singer: Children's Stories and Childhood Memories.'' (1996).
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* Lee, Grace Farrell. ''From Exile to Redemption: The Fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer.'' (1987). 129 pp.
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==Books==
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* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Zlateh the goat, and other stories.''
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* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories.''
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* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Day of pleasure; stories of a boy growing up in Warsaw.''
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* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Why Noah chose the dove.''
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* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Wicked city.''
 
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