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Bellow's family was Lithuanian-Jewish; [13] [14] his father was born in Vilnius. Bellow celebrated his birthday on June 10, although he appears to have been born on July 10, according to records from the Jewish Genealogical Society-Montreal.
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If the mid-20th century was a high-point for Jewish American writing, then Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was the movement’s chief intellectual, its battered heart, and its conscience.
Although Bellow is not considered an autobiographical writer, his Canadian birth is dealt with in his first novel, THE DANGLING MAN (1944), and his Jewish heritage and his several divorces are shared by many of his characters.
Explore Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow's impact on American literature and how he navigated through issues of his time, including race, gender and the Jewish immigrant experience.
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Oct 1, 2007 · Using their works as a guide Tamkin, and also Valentine Gersbach of Herzog, emerges as an early representation of an obscure modern Jewish type–one that Bellow finds contemptible. SOCIAL HISTORY AND THE NOVEL. It is not surprising that Jewish social historians and Bellow should cross paths, for they have long claimed each other's turf.
May 24, 2017 · In a 1988 talk, A Jewish Writer in America, Bellow beautifully presented the core of his Jewish gestalt and how, though he rejected Jewish belief and practice, he could not, and never would,...