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Bernard Malamud(1914-1986)

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Celebrated writer Bernard Malamud was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1914. He was educated at the City College of New York (CCNY) and New York's Columbia University, from which he graduated with an M.A. in 1942. After graduation he was a high-school English teacher for most of the rest of the decade and then was offered a job as a Professor of English at Oregon State College, which he accepted.

He wrote his first novel, "The Natural", in 1952 (later made into a hit film, The Natural (1984)), but it didn't attract much notice. His second novel, "The Assistant", came out in 1957 and the result was much different--it sold quite well and brought him into the public eye. In 1959 he won the National Book Award for fiction. In the 1960s he rode the wave of interest in authors writing about Jewish traditions and the Jewish experience in the US (in 1964 he was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Sciences). His next two novels, "A New Life" (1961) and "Idiots First" (1963), got a mixed reception, but his following novel, "The Fixer" in 1967, won him the National Book Award in addition to a Pulitzer Prize (it was also made into a very successful film, The Fixer (1968)). From 1966 to 1968 he was a visiting lecturer at Harvard University.
BornApril 26, 1914
DiedMarch 18, 1986(71)
BornApril 26, 1914
DiedMarch 18, 1986(71)
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Robert Redford in The Natural (1984)
The Natural
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1984
Dylan McDermott and Snoop Dogg in The Tenants (2005)
The Tenants
5.1
  • Writer
  • 2005
Harry Belafonte in The Angel Levine (1970)
The Angel Levine
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1970
The Assistant (1997)
The Assistant
5.7
  • Writer
  • 1997

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  • Dylan McDermott and Snoop Dogg in The Tenants (2005)
    The Tenants
    5.1
    • based on the novel by
    • 2005
  • The First Seven Years
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • story
    • 1998
  • The Assistant (1997)
    The Assistant
    5.7
    • novel
    • 1997
  • Ron Moody in Take Pity (1996)
    Take Pity
    Short
    • author
    • 1996
  • The Model (1994)
    The Model
    5.8
    Short
    • short story
    • 1994
  • Manny Kleinmuntz in The Matchmaker (1984)
    The Matchmaker
    Short
    • original story
    • 1984
  • Robert Redford in The Natural (1984)
    The Natural
    7.4
    • novel
    • 1984
  • Der Gehilfe
    8.5
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1978
  • Harry Belafonte in The Angel Levine (1970)
    The Angel Levine
    6.0
    • based on a story by
    • 1970
  • The Fixer (1968)
    The Fixer
    6.7
    • novel
    • 1968
  • Storyboard
    5.5
    TV Series
    • short story
    • 1961
  • Shoestring Theatre
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1959

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 26, 1914
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 18, 1986
    • New York City, New York, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Ann de ChiaraNovember 6, 1945 - March 18, 1986 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Pictures of Fidelman"
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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    Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 590-592. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

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