Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: A Spiritual Reappraisal, 1946–1955

by Isaac Bashevis Singer, David Stromberg (translator)

219 pages, Paperback

Published March 11, 2025

About the author

Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish American author of Jewish descent, noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.
His memoir, "A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw", won the U.S. National Book Award in Children's Literature in 1970, while his collection "A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories" won the U.S. National Book Award in Fiction in 1974.

Reviews

[Isadora]

reading to review at work. I definitely prefer the first edition (The War Years), as this one did not resonate as much with me. But there is no doubt that I.B. Singer's opinions were essential to Jewish/Yiddish lit as we know it today.