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Singer, Israel Joshua
(Encyclopedia) Singer, Israel Joshua, 1893–1944, Polish-American novelist and playwright who wrote in Yiddish, older brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Living variously in Poland and Russia, he earned…Singer, Isaac Bashevis
(Encyclopedia) Singer, Isaac BashevisSinger, Isaac Bashevisbäshĕvˈĭs [key], 1904–91, American novelist and short-story writer in the Yiddish language, younger brother of I. J. Singer, b. Leoncin,…Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr., 1908–2000, American novelist, short-story writer, and editor, b. Lincoln, Ill. Educated at the Univ. of Illinois and Harvard, he began his career as a…Isaac Merritt Singer
Isaac Merritt Singer was an inventor who founded the first company to mass produce sewing machines for household use. Isaac Singer's rags-to-riches story began when he ran away from his New York…Yiddish language
(Encyclopedia) Yiddish languageYiddish languageyĭdˈĭsh [key], a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages; German…Lena Olin Biography
Lena Olin actressBorn: 3/22/1955Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden Olin won the New York Film Critics Award and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film…Singer, Isaac Merrit
(Encyclopedia) Singer, Isaac Merrit, 1811–75, American inventor, b. Rensselaer co., N.Y. As a child he lived in Oswego, N.Y. He patented in 1851 a practical sewing machine that could do continuous…Roger Straus 2004 Deaths
Roger StrausAge: 87 publisher who headed Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, one of the most respected publishing houses in the industry. The company remained the last of the independents until…1970 National Book Awards
Arts and LettersAn Unfinished Woman: A Memoir, Lillian HellmanChildren's BooksA Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw, Isaac Bashevis SingerFictionThem, Joyce Carol…Dar Williams
The Green WorldRazor & Tie Say this much about Dar Williams. She is taking the road less traveled. After all, who else is writing songs based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's book Satan in…Trending
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