Who Won the 1976
Nobel Prize Literature

Imaginary homelands where the heart is
The Australian
"But, really, can you imagine anyone going up to Saul Bellow and saying, 'Sorry, I don't want to be friends with Herzog'? Or people complaining because they don't like Raskolnikov (the murderer of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment)? "That's why I ...

Why Do Historians Insist on Dividing Us?
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
When Saul Bellow was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1976, he concluded his acceptance speech with these wise, generous, and tolerant words: "There is no simple choice between the children of light and the children of darkness." But a quarter ...

'Saul Bellow's Heart': Son looks back at his father
The Seattle Times
Saul Bellow was one of America's most autobiographical novelists. From “The Adventures of Augie March” through “Henderson the Rain King,” “Herzog,” “Humboldt's Gift” and “Ravelstein,” old friends and enemies, ex-wives and lovers rise and fall like ...

Mr. Bellow's Planet: Saul's Son Speaks Up
New York Observer
Born in 1915, Saul Bellow published his first novel, Dangling Man, in 1944. He would go on to write 18 books of fiction (14 novels, four story collections) which between them would win him the Pulitzer Prize (Humboldt's Gift, 1975), a record-setting ...