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'''Saul Bellow''' (b. Solomon Bellow, June[?] 10, 1915, Lachine, [[Quebec]]—d. April 4, 2005, Brookline, [[Massachusetts]]<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/books/0406wire-bellow.html</ref>) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and playwright.  He was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction three times (1954, 1965 and 1971), the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Fiction (1976), and the [[Nobel Prize]] in Literature (1976).

'''Saul Bellow''' (1915—2005<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/books/0406wire-bellow.html</ref>) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and playwright.  He was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction three times (1954, 1965 and 1971), the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Fiction (1976), and the [[Nobel Prize]] in Literature (1976). His works include ''The Adventures of Augie March'' (1953), ''Seize the Day'' (1956), ''Henderson the Rain King'' (1959), ''Herzog'' (1964), ''Mr. Sammler's Planet'' (1970), and ''Humboldt's Gift'' (1975).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall:  New York, 1991.</ref>

== Selected works ==

==Life and Works==

*''The Adventures of Augie March'' (1954)

Bellow was born June 10, 1915, in Lachine, Quebec, Canada, and moved with his family to Chicago in 1924.  He attended the University of Chicago, received a Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1937, and served in the Merchant Marine during World War II.<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1976/bellow-bio.html</ref>  He wrote two novels, ''Dangling Man'' and ''The Victim'', before becoming successful with ''The Adventures of Augie March'', the story of Augie's failed relationships and careers in the postwar era.<ref>http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/saul-bellow/</ref>  It was during that time that he was influenced by Trotskyism, [[Dostoevsky]], and rejected [[Hemingway]]'s ideals, though as he improved as a writer he became somewhat conservative.<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/saul-bellow</ref>

*''Seize the Day'' (1956)

 

*''Henderson the Rain King'' (1959)

This newer prose made him and other Jewish authors successful, and much of it is considered the superior and most realistic description of the [[Great Depression]] in Chicago.<ref>http://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/nobel%20prize%20winners/bellow.htm</ref>  He was known for vivid, beautiful prose compared to that of America's greatest, [[Walt Whitman]] and [[Herman Melville]].<ref>http://www.npr.org/2015/05/31/410939442/a-century-after-his-birth-saul-bellows-prose-still-sparkles</ref>  He wrote ''Henderson the Rain King'', about an American millionaire in Africa, and many stories about Jewish intellectuals' internal monologues before dying on April 5, 2005.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saul-Bellow</ref>

*''Herzog'' (1964)

*''Mr. Sammler's Planet'' (1970)

*''Humboldt's Gift'' (1975)

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