| | 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>"The Life of Saul Bellow." | | 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>"The Life of Saul Bellow." |
| − | ''University of Michigan Student Projects''. 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>Vitale, Tom. "A Century After His Birth, Saul Bellow's Prose Still Sparkles." ''NPR Broadcast''. 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>"Bellow, Saul." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> | + | ''University of Michigan Student Projects''. 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>Vitale, Tom. "A Century After His Birth, Saul Bellow's Prose Still Sparkles." ''NPR Broadcast''. https://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>"Bellow, Saul." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> |