- Born
- Died
- Birth nameIcek Hersz Zynger
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer was born on July 14, 1904 in Leoncin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Leoncin, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Yentl (1983), American Playhouse (1980) and Enemies, A Love Story (1989). He was married to Alma Wassermann and Runia Pontsch. He died on July 24, 1991 in Surfside, Florida, USA.
- SpousesAlma Wassermann(1940 - June 24, 1991) (his death)Runia Pontsch (divorced, 1 child)
- Educated at Warsaw Rabbinical Seminary.
- Emigrated to USA in 1935.
- Has worked as journalist and columnist for the New York paper "The Jewish Daily Forward"
- Nearly all his fiction was written in Yiddish for the journal.
- Received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.
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