Singer Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Scandinavia, Stockholm
- Date: December 10, 1978
Article abstract: Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize in Literature, an award that honored not only the author but also the Yiddish language with which he had captured the pre-World War II culture of European Jewry.
Summary of Event
Isaac Bashevis Singer, a nonjudgmental lover of life who maintained that contentment can be found only on the personal level, was a major contributor to modern Yiddish literature and to humanism. Famed as a witty and wise storyteller, translator, novelist, playwright, literary critic, and children’s author, he...
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