Which movement was Singer a leading figure in?
The Beat Movement
The Yiddish literary movement
The French New Wave
The Harlem Renaissance
Answer
Singer was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, which began in the late 19th century and flourished until the Holocaust. The Yiddish language is a West Germanic language that was spoken by Jews in Eastern Europe for centuries. It is closely related to German, but has its own unique vocabulary and grammar.
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