Misfortune draws people to religion and mysticism - Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Misfortune draws people to religion and mysticism

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About Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער or יצחק בת־שבֿעס זינגער; pseudonym: Icek Hersz Zynger;[1] born 21 November 1902 as Icek Zynger, died 24 July 1991) was a Polish-American writer of short stories and novels in Yiddish; he used his mother's name in devising his penname "Bashevis" (son of Bathsheba). He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.

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Pen Names: Bashevis • Warszawski • D. Segal
Native Name: יצחק זינגער
Alternative Names: Isaac Bashevis-Singer • Yitsḥoḳ Basheṿis • Yitsḥaḳ Basheṿis-Zinger • Yitsḥaḳ Basheṿis- Zinger • I. B. Singer • Itzhak Bashevis Singer • Yitsḥoḳ Bashevis-Zinger • Isaac Bashevis • Yitsḥaḳ Basheṿis • Yitsḥoḳ Bashevis- Zinger • Isaac Singer
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