Edward Lewis Wallant
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About
A twentieth-century American author, he is best known for The Human Season (1960) and The Pawnbroker (1961). After his death, the Edward Lewis Wallant Award was established in his honor.
Before Fame
He served in World War II as a gunner's mate. He began his professional writing career in his late twenties.
Trivia
He died of an aneurysm when he was only thirty-six years old.
Family Life
He spent most of his life in New Haven, Connecticut. He and his wife Joyce had three children together.
Associated With
He and Wolf Kahn both received Guggenheim Fellowships.
