E. L. Doctorow - 1931
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I. Biography Edgar Lawrence Doctorow was born in New York City on January 6, 1931. Doctorow attended the Bronx High School of Science, received a B.A. with Honors in 1952
from Kenyon College, and continued his education at Columbia University. 1959 - Joined editorial staff of New American Library.
1964 - Became editor-in-chief at Dial Press. He has taught at several universities including: Sarah Lawrence University, Princeton University, and New York University at which he
holds the Glucksman Chair in American Letters. 1984 - Named a member of the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters. E.L. Doctorow lives and works in New York, New York where he teaches at New York
University. II. Literary Works Books Short Fiction Play III. Interview The following is an excerpt from an interview between Michael Wutz and E. L. Doctorow.
Wutz: (About Doctorow's style) Would it be fair to say that this kind of, let me call it, double demystification-namely the unmasking of a received truth as myth and inquiring
into the process of meaning making-is a fundamental continuity of your project as a novelist? Doctorow: Well now that you've described that so well, I say-why not? To see the rest of the interview click here:
Welcome to Hard Times New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960.
Big as Life New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966.
The Book of Daniel New York: Random House, 1971.
Ragtime New York: Random House, 1975.
Loon Lake New York: Random House, 1980.
World's Fair New York: Random House, 1985.
Billy Bathgate New York: Random House, 1989.
Waterworks New York: Random House, 1994.
Lives of the Poets: Six Stories and a Novella New York: Random House, 1984.
Drinks Before Dinner New York: Random House, 1979.
IV. Choice Linkshttp://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/Vol.%2011.1/11.1Wutz.htm
http://www.hum.port.ac.uk/ecs/ecsl22.htm
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/doctorow.html
V. Bibliography Joseph, Sharon. "E. L. Doctorow '48 Author and Professor." Online. 1997 (5-23-00).
New York State Writers Institute State University of New York. "E. L. Doctorow-New York State Author 1989-1991." Online. 1991 (5-18-00).
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/doctorow.html
Wutz, Michael. "An Interview with E. L. Doctorow." Online. 1994 (5-23-00).
http://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/Vol.%2011.1/11.1Wutz.htm
This essay was submitted by a student of Marylin Dykens, a teacher at Rome Free Academy in Rome, New York.