Bernard Malamud

Novelist

Birthday April 26, 1914

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Mar 18, 1986 (71)

#268,065 Most Popular

About

American fiction writer whose baseball-themed novel, The Natural, was made into a movie starring Robert Redford. His 1966 work, The Fixer, was the recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

Before Fame

He received degrees from both the City College of New York and Columbia University. He later taught English night classes in New York City.

Trivia

He published sixty-five short stories and eight novels.

Family Life

He married Ann De Chiara in 1945. The couple's two children, Paul and Janna, were born in 1947 and 1952, respectively.

Associated With

He and Saul Bellow were two of the best known Jewish-American writers of the 20th century.