Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator, best known for his works in Yiddish depicting Jewish life in Poland and the United States with irony, wit, and elements of the occult. He published at least 18 novels, numerous short story collections, children's books, and memoirs. Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 for his impassioned narrative art rooted in Polish-Jewish tradition.