1976

Banquet speech

Saul Bellow’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1976 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, There are not many things on which the world agrees but everyone I think acknowledges the importance of a Nobel Prize. I myself take most seriously the Nobel Committee’s recognition of the highest excellence in several fields…

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Bibliography

Original Dangling Man. – New York: Vanguard, 1944 The Victim. – New York: Vanguard, 1947 The Adventures of Augie March: a novel. – New York: Viking, 1953 Seize the Day. – New York: Viking, 1956 Henderson the Rain King. – New York: Viking, 1959 Herzog. – New York: Viking, 1964 The Last Analysis: a play.…

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Biographical

I was born on 27 January 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the first of three children of Kuan Hai Ting, a professor of engineering, and Tsun-Ying Wang, a professor of psychology. My parents had hoped that I would be born in China, but as I was born prematurely while they were visiting the United States,…

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