William Gaddis
American novelist (1922–1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Thomas Gaddis Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist.[1][2] The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005[3] and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[4] A collection of his essays was published posthumously as The Rush for Second Place (2002). The Letters of William Gaddis was published by Dalkey Archive Press in February 2013.
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Born | William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. (1922-12-29)December 29, 1922 New York City, US |
Died | December 16, 1998(1998-12-16) (aged 75) East Hampton, New York, US |
Education | Harvard University |
Period | 1955–1998 |
Genre | Novel |
Literary movement | Postmodernism |
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Notable awards | National Book Award |
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Children | 2 |
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A MacArthur Fellow, Gaddis is widely considered one of the first and most important American postmodern writers.[5][6]