A leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903-1991), was a Polish-born Jewish-American dramatist, novelist, playwright, satirist, and translator. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. Jan Schwarz is Associate Professor and Senior lecturer of  Yiddish at Lund University in Sweden.

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• Short fiction‘Oyf der elter’ (In His Old Age) Literarishe bleter (June 26, 1925)‘Vayber’ (Women) Literarishe bleter (Nov 13, 1925)‘A dorfs-kabren’ (A Village Gravedigger) Varshever shrift (1926-1927)‘Eyniklekh’ (Grandchildren) Varshever shriftn (1926-1927)‘Shvester’ (Sisters) Literarishe bleter (April 23, 1926)‘In keler’ (In the Cellar) Literarishe bleter (Dec 3, 1926)‘Oyfn oylem-hatoye’ (In the World of Chaos) Di yidishe velt (April 1928)‘Tsurikvegs’ (The Way Back) Literarishe bleter (Nov 23, 1928)‘Shamoy vayts’ (Shamay Vayts). A mol in a yoyvl. Zamlbukh far belestristik. (1929)‘Restlekh’ (Remnants). Literarishe bleter (Feb 15, 1929)‘In an alt hoyz’ (In an Old House) Literarishe bleter (July 5, 1929)‘Tsvey’ (Two) Literarishe bleter (July 4, 1930)‘Tvishn vent’ (Between Walls) Literarishe bleter (Oct 19, 1930)‘In letste teg’ (His Final Days) A mol in a yoyvl: zamlbukh. (1931)‘Yordim’ (Impoverished) Literarishe bleter (Sept 4, 1931)‘Sale: A bild’ (Sale: A Portrait) Literarishe bleter (Jan 1, 1932)‘Reyzele: A kharakter-portret fun varshever lebn’ (Reyzele: A Character Portrait of Warsaw Life) Forverts (June 2, 1935)“Oyf an alter shif.” Zamlbikher (May 1936)“Dem tatns zun: dertseylung” (The Father’s Son: Story) Forverts (September 13, 1936)“An alter student: skitse” (An Old Student: Sketch). Forverts (Nov.3, 1936)“Di mame tsu gast: skitse” (A Mother’s Visit: A Sketch) Forverts (Nov.10, 1936)“Der velt-derleyzer: dertseylung” (The Redeemer: A Story) Forverts (Nov.29, 1936)”Kegn der shayn fun der levone: dertseylung” (By the Light of the Moon: A Story). Forverts (Dec.3, 1936)“A fremder: skitse” (A Stranger: A Sketch) Forverts (Jan.19, 1937)“Der meshumed: dertseylung” (The Apostate: A Story) Forverts (Feb.14, 1937)“In bibliotek: skitse” (In the Library: A Sketch) Forverts (Feb. 28, 1937)“In a leydiker shtub: dertseylung” (In an Empty Home) Forverts (April 11, 1937)Childhood Memoir“Varshe 1914-1918’ (Warsaw 1914-1918). Dos naye vort.Sketches        ’Meirke fisher’ (Meirke the Fisherman) 4 April, Undzer expres 1930 ‘Berl Formalist. A shpas.’ (Berl the Formalist: A Satire) April 18, 1930.’Pani flaysh’ (Madam Fleish) 2 May, 1930.‘In a hek. Novele.’ (In the Sticks) May 23, 1930.‘Mister Dzshim. Novele.’ (Mister Jim) June 20, 1930.Ali ibrahim dzhindzhi’, (Ali Ibrahim Djindji) 21 August, 1930.Teme-rokhl’, (Teme Rochel) 29 August, 1930.Criticism30. ’Verter oder bilder’. Literarishe bleter 4, (Aug 26, 1927) ‘Words or Pictures.’31. ’Tsu der frage fun dikhtung un politik’. ’On the Question of Literature and Politics.’ Globus (Sept 1932)32. Interviews” A Conversation with Hillel Zeitlin”. Literarishe bleter, May 7, 1926.”A Conversation with Melekh Ravits”. Literarishe bleter, May 21, 1926.”A Conversation with Zusmen Segalovitsh. Literarishe bleter, June 4, 1926.”A Conversation with Perets Markish before his departure for the Soviet Union.” Literarishe bleter, July 30, 1926.”What Israel Jehoshua Singer thinks of literature and literary life in theSoviet Union.” Literarishe bleter, January 7, 1927.“A Conversation with Hillel Rogoff During his Warsaw Visit.” Literarishe bleter, Dec.12, 1930                 Volume editor’s afterwordAnnotation