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Singer, Israel Joshua (1893-1944)| Polish-born US writer who emigrated to New York in 1934. There he wrote novels depicting the conflict between European and American cultures, as in The Family Carnovsky (1943). A master of the Yiddish tradition in America, he is credited for paving the way for his younger brother, Isaac Bashevis Singer. |
| He was born in Bilgoray, Poland. He and his family moved to Warsaw in 1908, and he was educated to become a rabbi. By the age of 18 he left home and lived a secular life. He held a series of odd jobs, and studied science, language, mathematics, painting, and writing. During World War I he was conscripted into the Russian army, and worked at forced labour during the German occupation in 1915. He moved to Kiev, Russia, where he worked as a proofreader for a Jewish newspaper, and wrote stories and plays before returning to Warsaw in 1921. His novel, The Sinner (1933), was well received in America. |
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