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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]].

'''Isaac Bashevis Singer''' (1902 – July 24, 1991) was a [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[American]] writer of [[short story|short stories]] and [[novel]]s in [[Yiddish]]. 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>

 

==Themes==

==Themes==

Why are we born? why must we die? how can we explain evil? how can we account for desire? For Singer, these abiding questions, and his meditations about them, are the stuff of which his extraordinary capacity for storytelling is made.

Why are we born? why must we die? how can we explain evil? how can we account for desire? For Singer, these abiding questions, and his meditations about them, are the stuff of which his extraordinary capacity for storytelling is made.

"Gimpel the Fool" is Singer's most anthologized story.  Gimpel is a believer in God who extends his willingness to believe to every aspect of his life. He is tempted to disbelieve the stories told to him, to deny his faith, and to enact revenge against those who humiliate him for his gullibility.

"Gimpel the Fool" is Singer's most anthologized story.  Gimpel is a believer in God who extends his willingness to believe to every aspect of his life. He is tempted to disbelieve the stories told to him, to deny his faith, and to enact revenge against those who humiliate him for his gullibility.

==Books for children==

==Books for children==

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.  

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>

==Film adaptations<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801953/</ref>==

==Further reading==

*The 1983 film ''Yentl'', directed and co-written by [[Barbra Streisand]] was based on Singer's story "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy".

* Allison, Alida. ''Isaac Bashevis Singer: Children's Stories and Childhood Memories.'' (1996).  

*The novel ''Enemies: A Love Story'' was adapted for film. Directed by Paul Mazursky, it was released in 1989.

* Lee, Grace Farrell. ''From Exile to Redemption: The Fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer.'' (1987). 129 pp.  

*The stories "The Briefcase", "Alone" and "Old Love" were the basis for the 2008 movie ''Love Comes Lately''.

 

==Books==

==Books==

* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Zlateh the goat, and other stories.''

* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Zlateh the goat, and other stories.''

* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Why Noah chose the dove.''

* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Why Noah chose the dove.''

* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Wicked city.''

* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. ''Wicked city.''

===References===

===References===

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[[Category:Nobel laureates in Literature]]

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