Saul Bellow: Letters

Thu 5 May, 7-8 pm. 101 South Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, 19106. 215 923-3811. 15. National Museum of American Jewish History - [email][events]

Benjamin Taylor, Editor, offers a first-hand perspective on Saul Bellows: Letters (Viking, 2010), a never-before-published collection of letters by Saul Bellow, Nobel Prize in Literature winner, that spans eight decades and has been called “magnificent” by The New York Times. These frank and intimate letters to family members, friends, wives, lovers, and colleagues span four generations and provide an extraordinary perspective on a rich and varied life. About the author: Saul Bellow (1915-2005) is the only novelist to receive three National Book Awards for The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler’s Planet. In 1976, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Humboldt’s Gift. The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to him in 1976 “for the human