Questions tagged [yiddish-literature]
For questions about works of literature originally written in Yiddish. Use this tag for any questions about such works, not just for the body of Yiddish literature as a whole.
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Did Isaac Bashevis Singer write only in Yiddish, or also in English?
While researching another question, a couple of us have found what appears to be a contradiction in the Wikipedia page for Isaac Bashevis Singer. The introductory section of the article says:
He ...
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Why did Isaac Bashevis Singer win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
I love IBS's books and have read many of them, but I fail to understand how such niche writing garnered a Nobel Prize in Literature.
The audience of his brilliant books are Jews, old Jews, ...
