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Israel J. Singer

Born

in Biłgoraj, Poland

November 30, 1893

Died

February 10, 1944

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Israel Joshua Singer was a Yiddish novelist. He was born Yisruel Yehoyshye Zinger, the son of Pinchas Mendl Zinger, a rabbi and author of rabbinic commentaries, and Basheva Zylberman. He was the brother of Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer and novelist Esther Kreitman. His granddaughter is the novelist, Brett Singer.

Singer contributed to the European Yiddish press from 1916. In 1921, after Abraham Cahan noticed his story Pearls, Singer became a correspondent for the leading American Yiddish newspaper The Forward. His short story Liuk appeared in 1924, illuminating the ideological confusion of the Bolshevik Revolution. He wrote his first novel, Steel and Iron, in 1927. In 1934 he emigrated to the United States. He died of a he ...more

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	La famiglia Karnowski by Israel J. Singer, Anna Linda Callow (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 3,864 ratings — published 1943 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brothers Ashkenazi by Israel J. Singer, Irving Howe (Introduction), Joseph Singer (Translation) 4.35 avg rating — 1,669 ratings — published 1936 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yoshe Kalb by Israel J. Singer, Maurice Samuel (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 1931 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La pecora nera by Israel J. Singer, Anna Linda Callow (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 1946 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A oriente del giardino dell'Eden by Israel J. Singer, Marina Morpurgo (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1937 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sender Prager by Israel J. Singer, Elisabetta Zevi (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1937 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acciaio contro acciaio 3.64 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1927 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Towarzysz Nachman by Israel J. Singer, Krzysztof Modelski (Translator) 4.42 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1938 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La nuova Russia 3.40 avg rating — 53 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perły by Israel J. Singer, Krzysztof Modelski (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1922 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Com’è assurdamente piccola, insignificante e breve la vita dell’uomo, a paragone di questa immensità, di questo infinito. Ma chissà? Forse tutto ciò esiste solo perché l’occhio umano lo vede così.”
― Israel J. Singer, La famiglia Karnowski

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“Viveva come in una nebbia, come nella stazione di una città straniera dove il viaggiatore deve passare un po’ di tempo, incrociare sconosciuti, ma ha fretta di lasciare per ritrovarsi a casa.”
― Israel J. Singer, La famiglia Karnowski

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“E' la nostra professione nazionale da generazioni, il nostro destino" rispose Georg con amarezza "e nessuno può sfuggire al proprio destino.”
― Israel J. Singer, La famiglia Karnowski

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