Biography Of Saul Bellow
Real Name
Saul Bellow
Profession
Short Story Writers, Novelists, Non-Fiction Writers
Nick Name
Solomon Bellows
Famous as
Novelist
Nationality
American
Religion
Judaism
Personal Life of Saul Bellow
Born on
10 June 1915
Birthday
10th June
Died At Age
89
Sun Sign
Gemini
Born in
Lachine, Quebec, Canada
Died on
05 April 2005
Place of death
Brookline
Family Background of Saul Bellow
Father
Abraham Bellows
Mother
Lescha Gordin
Siblings
Maurice Bellows
Spouses/Partners
Anita Goshkin, Alexandra Tschacbasov, Alexandra Bellow, Janis Freedman, Susan Glassman
Children
Greg Bellow, Adam Bellow, Rosie
Education
University of Chicago, 1937 - Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Personal Fact of Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow was a celebrated Canadian-born American writer and novelist. He was brought up in a Jewish household, and grew up to become a representative figure for Jewish-American writers, whose works were critical to American literature post the World War II. Saul Bellow authored novels, short stories, non-fiction works and plays in his lifelong career in academics.
As part of his teaching profession, he used to travel extensively, and taught at renowned institutions like the Yale University, Princeton University, Boston University and Bard College among others. Critics opined that Saul Bellow’s literary works were distinguished by the portrayal of the contemporary urban man who was discontented with the society, but not broken in spirit.
His works won him prestigious awards like the Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize for Literature and the National Book Award. He is the only writer to have won the National Book Award for Fiction thrice. He was regarded by many as the backbone of American literature in the 20th century. Several biographies have been written about him, both before and after his demise.
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