Singer, I ‧ saac Ba ‧ shev ‧ is /ˈaɪzək bɑːˈʃevəs/ BrE AmE
(1904–91) a Jewish-American writer, born in Poland, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978, and who is best known for his short stories and for his novel The Slave . He wrote in Yiddish and his work has been translated into many languages.