Bernard Malamud was a Jewish American novelist born in Brooklyn in 1914. He taught at Oregon State University and Bennington College, and his works often dealt with societal issues. He won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his book The Fixer. Malamud died in 1986, and an annual award, the PEN/Malamud Award, was established in his memory.
American novelist Bernard Malamud was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 26, 1914. His parents, Max Malamud and Bertha Fidelman were Russian Jewish immigrants. As a young man, between 1928 and 1932, Malamud attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. In 1936 he graduated from the City College of New York. In 1942, he graduated from Columbia University with a master’s degree. That same year, he married Ann De Chiara, a Cornell graduate who was then working in advertising. The couple had two sons, Paul and Janna.
Although Malamud originally intended to become a teacher, the job market was tight in the years before World War II. Malamud got a job working for the Bureau of the Census in Washington, DC after graduating from Columbia. He finally began his teaching career in 1949 when he started working at Oregon State University. It was during his time in Oregon that he began publishing his novels. He stayed there until 1961 when he moved to Bennington College in Vermont where he taught creative writing.
Bernard Malamud died on March 18, 1986 after a long and largely award-winning career as a fiction editor. Malamud’s work often grapples with the woes of society. Abuse, neglect, violence, divorce and crime are all present in his works. Malamud has also written about the experience of immigrants and, by extension, the meeting of different types of people. While his novels and short stories often tackled sad and difficult issues, his writings offer redemption. In Bernard Malamud’s works, redemption is often found in the love and cooperation of enemies or opposites. As a tribute to Malamud’s memory, an annual award, the PEN/Malamud Award, was established in 1988. The cash prize is awarded to a person who has demonstrated great skill in the art of storytelling.
The following is a list of Bernard Malamud’s books and the awards they have received:
The Natural, 1952
The assistant, 1957
The Magic Barrel, 1958 (vincitore del National Book Award)
A New Life, 1961
Idiots first, 1963
The Jewish Bird, 1963
The German refugee, 1964
The Fixer, 1966 (winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Images of Fidelman, 1969
The tenants, 1971
Rembrandt hat, 1974
Le vite di Dubin, 1979
The Grace of God, 1982
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