Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Norman Mailer and Philip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel The Natural was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Brooklyn
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityCity College of New YorkErasmus Hall High School
- Awards
- 🏆 O. Henry Award🏆 National Book Award🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"One can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction."
"If I may, I would at this point urge young writers not to be too much concerned with the vagaries of the marketplace. Not everyone can make a first-rate living as a writer, but a writer who is serious…"
"We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness."
"Those who write about life, reflect about life…. you see in others who you are."
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Timeline
1914
Born
Birth1986
Died
Death
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