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Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Literature | 1978 | Winner | “For his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a polish-jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life” |
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For his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a polish-jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life
About the Author
Isaac Bashevis SingerAmerican
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903-1991) was a Polish-born Jewish-American author renowned for his Yiddish literature depicting Eastern European Jewish life, superstition, and the supernatural. Best known for short stories like those in Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories and novels such as The Family Moskat and Enemies, A Love Story, he emigrated to the US in 1935. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 and two US National Book Awards.
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