(1904-1991) Polish-born US novelist and short-story writer. He lived in the US from 1935. His works, written in Yiddish, often portray traditional Jewish life in Poland and the US, and the loneliness of old age. They include The Family Moskat 1950 and Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories 1957. Nobel Prize 1978.
Written in an often magical storytelling style, his works combine a deep psychological insight with dramatic and visual impact. Many of his novels were written for serialization in New York Yiddish newspapers. Among his works are The Slave 1960, Shosha 1978, Old Love 1979, Lost in America 1981, The Image and Other Stories 1985, and The Death of Methuselah 1988. He also wrote plays and books for children.
He fled Nazi-dominated Europe and became a US citizen 1942. + prikaži više