Born July 14, 1904 in Leoncin, Poland Attended Warsaw seminary to be a Rabbi Decided to be a writer Worked as journalist for Yiddish press Emigrated to the U.S. in 1935 Became reporter for Daily Forward in New York City

Married Runia Pontsch son Israel Zamir born 1929 Separated from Runia when he moved to New York Married German-Jewish immigrant Alma Wassermann in 1940 Had a brother Israel Joshua Singer and sister Esther Kreitman

Satan in Goray~1935 The Family Moskat~1950 The Magician of Lublin~1961 In My Father’s Court~1966 The Manor~1967 The Estate~1969

National Book Award for children's literature for A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw in 1969 Nobel Prize in literature in 1978 Gold Medal for Fiction in 1989

Continued to write for Daily Forward Published new material until death Died in 1991 after a series of strokes