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Biography
Burial Place
Woodlawn Cemetery
Awards(9)
Guggenheim FellowshipNational Humanities MedalNational Book Award for FictionPEN/Faulkner Award for FictionHelmerich AwardCommon Wealth Award of Distinguished ServiceSt. Louis Literary Awardhonorary doctor of the Hofstra UniversityWilliam Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
E. L. Doctorow (* 6. January 1931 in New York City; † 21. July 2015 in Manhattan) was a novelist, editor, professor. He was 84 years old. His education included Kenyon College, Bronx High School of Science and Columbia University. His faith was Judaism. He received 9 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, National Humanities Medal. His cause of death was lung cancer. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Life Events
12 Events1931
Born in New York City, New York
1952
Columbia University
until 1953
1972
Guggenheim Fellowship
1986
National Book Award for Fiction
1990
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Billy Bathgate
1990
William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1998
National Humanities Medal
1998
Helmerich Award
2000
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
2006
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The March
2008
St. Louis Literary Award
2015