Yiddish Language
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...has been enlarged by borrowings from Hebrew, Aramaic, some Slavic and Romance languages, and English. Written from right to...Little Man ) by Mendele mocher sforim . Among the best-known writers in Yiddish literature are Sholem Aleichem , I. L. Peretz , Isaac Meier Dik, and Isaac Bashevis Singer , the first writer in the language to be awarded (1978) the Nobel Prize in...