Singer, Isaac Bashevis (1904-1991), a Polish-born author, won the 1978 Nobel Prize in literature. Singer, who wrote in Yiddish, was the son of a rabbi. He was educated in a rabbinical seminary in Poland, and his Jewish education and Polish background form the basis of his writing. Singer's best-known tales are romantic or legendary rather than realistic. The narrators in some of his stories are imps or demons. Many of his works combine modern realism with Jewish folklore and fantasy.