John Updike, AS Byatt, Ian McEwan and Martin Amis are among the biggest fans of Saul Bellow, who was born 100 years ago
Saul Bellow was born 100 years ago, on 10 June 1915, in Lachine, Quebec, a small town near Montreal. After studying anthropology and sociology at the University of Chicago, he served in the navy and published his first novel, Dangling Man, in 1944.
At the age of 49, the publication of Herzog in 1964 made him rich and famous. Bellow, who died in Brookline, Massachusetts in 2005, was the most acclaimed novelist in America, the winner of three National Book Awards, the Pulitzer prize, the Formentor prize, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters gold medal for fiction.
He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1976 and was made Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French.
Here is what writers and critics said about him:
At the age of 49, the publication of Herzog in 1964 made him rich and famous. Bellow, who died in Brookline, Massachusetts in 2005, was the most acclaimed novelist in America, the winner of three National Book Awards, the Pulitzer prize, the Formentor prize, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters gold medal for fiction.
He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1976 and was made Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French.
Here is what writers and critics said about him:
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