Saul Bellow was born on 10 June 1915 in Lachine. A Canadian-born American novelist, Bellow grew up in Chicago in a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants, and set many of his novels in that city. Works such as The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, Seize the Day and Humboldt's Gift combine intellectual energy, comedy and a probing view of urban modern life. He won the National Book Award three times and the Pulitzer Prize for Humboldt's Gift. In 1976 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature, cited for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture in his work. He taught for decades at the University of Chicago.
Before and after
- from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916Gallipoli Campaign
- 26 April 1915Treaty of London
- from 9 May 1915 to 18 June 1915Second Battle of Artois
- from 23 May 1915 to 6 November 1918Italian Front
- 10 June 1915Birth of Saul Bellow
- from 13 July 1915 to 24 August 1915Narew Offensive
- 5 August 1915Construction of Hiroshima Peace Memorial
- from 8 August 1915 to 19 August 1915Battle of the Gulf of Riga
- 29 August 1915Birth of Ingrid Bergman
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1918Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
- 1920Christ the Redeemer
- 18 July 1925Publication of Mein Kampf
- 1932Rise of socialist realism
- c. 1940sRise of abstract expressionism
- 15 January 1943Construction of The Pentagon
The era
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