Born: 21 November 1903 · Died: 24 July 1991 · Age at death: 87
How old was Isaac Bashevis Singer when he died?
Isaac Bashevis Singer died aged 87. He was born on 21 November 1903 and died on 24 July 1991.
Polish-born American writer who wrote in Yiddish about Jewish life, including Gimpel the Fool, and won the Nobel Prize
Did you know?A committed vegetarian, he once famously remarked that he did not eat meat for the health of the chickens.
Quick facts
Date of birth21 November 1903
Date of death24 July 1991
Age at death87
Cause of deathStroke
NationalityPolish-American
BirthplaceRadzymin, Poland
Occupationtranslator, novelist, Esperantist
Editor's Take:
Isaac Bashevis Singer kept Yiddish literature alive for the world. He grew up in Warsaw, the son of a rabbi, in a home full of religious learning and stories. He followed his older brother to New York in 1935, shortly before the Holocaust destroyed the world he had known. He wrote in Yiddish for the Jewish Daily Forward. His tales are full of demons, saints, sinners and village life in old Poland. Gimpel the Fool, translated by Saul Bellow, made him famous in English. He won the Nobel Prize in 1978.
Key Milestones
1935: New York – emigrates
1950: The Family Moskat – novel
1953: Gimpel the Fool – English
1970: National Book Award – children's
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater.
Isaac Bashevis Singer's birthday is November 21. He was born on November 21, 1903 in Radzymin, Poland.
How old was Isaac Bashevis Singer when he died?
Isaac Bashevis Singer died on July 24, 1991, aged 87.
Who shares a birthday with Isaac Bashevis Singer?
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