Malamud, Bernard

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Birth 1914-04-26
Death 1986-03-18
Americans,
English,

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Biographical Note

1914, Apr. 26 Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1936 B.A., City College of New York, New York, N.Y. 1936 1940 Worked in a factory, at various stores, and as a clerk in the Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. 1940 1949 Taught English, evening high schools, New York, N.Y. 1942 M.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1945 Married Ann de Chiara 1949 1961 Associate Professor of English, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oreg. 1952 Published The Natural. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1956 1957 Partisan Review fellowship 1957 Published The Assistant. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1958 Published The Magic Barrel. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy Rosenthal Foundation Award for The Assistant Daroff Memorial Award for The Assistant 1959 National Book Award for The Magic Barrel 1959 1961 Ford Foundation fellowship 1961 Published A New Life. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1961 1986 Faculty member, Division of Language and Literature, Bennington College, Bennington, Vt. 1963 Published Idiots First. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company 1964 Elected, National Institute of Arts and Letters 1966 Published The Fixer. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1966 1968 Visiting lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1967 Published A Malamud Reader, edited by Philip Rahv. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux National Book Award for The Fixer Pulitzer Prize for The Fixer Elected, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1969 Published Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1971 Published The Tenants. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1973 Published Rembrandt's Hat. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1976 Jewish Heritage Award 1979 Published Dubin's Lives. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Governor's Award, Vermont Council on the Arts 1979 1981 President, American Center of P.E.N. 1981 Brandeis University Creative Arts Award for fiction 1982 Published God's Grace. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1983 Published The Stories of Bernard Malamud. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Gold Medal for fiction, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1986, Mar. 18 Died, New York, N.Y. 1989 Published posthumously The People, and Uncollected Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

From the guide to the Bernard Malamud Papers, 1930-1989, (bulk 1949-1986), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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