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Bernard Malamud
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OverviewAI-generated
Bernard Malamud was an American male writer whose professional career began in 1949. Born on April 26, 1914, he died on March 18, 1986. His literary output includes works such as *The natural*, *A mesterember*, and *Der meisṭer*. He also contributed to anthologies including *The Best American Short Stories 1973* and *Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience*.
Malamud was recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His writings have been featured in various publications, with a total of 144 works listed in library records. Among his notable quotes is the statement, "Without heroes, we're all plain people, and don't know how far we can go."
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 26 Apr 1914
- Died
- 18 Mar 1986
- Works
- 144
Top works
- A mesterember
- The Best American Short Stories 1973
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The natural
- Der meisṭer
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1914-04-26
- Active to
- 1986-03-18
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 146
- Total plays
- 256
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bernard+Malamud">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,645x
- <scp>CHARMM</scp>: A program for macromolecular energy, minimization, and dynamics calculations
· 1983 · cited 13,595x
- <i>Planck</i>
2018 results
· 2020 · cited 13,364x
- Market Orientation: The Construct, Research Propositions, and Managerial Implications
· 1990 · cited 13,177x
- Market Orientation: Antecedents and Consequences
· 1993 · cited 12,955x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.”
- “"Without heroes, we're all plain people, and don't know how far we can go."”
- “I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.”
- “Levin wanted friendship and got friendliness; he wanted steak and they offered spam.”
- “If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.”
- “"Mourning is a hard business," Cesare said. "If people knew there'd be less death."”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1914-04-26 ) April 26, 1914, Brooklyn , New York, U.S.
- Died
- March 18, 1986 (1986-03-18) (aged 71), Manhattan , New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Author, teacher
- Education
- City College of New York ( BA ), Columbia University ( MA )
- Period
- 1940–1985
- Genre
- Novel , short story
- Notable works
- The Natural , The Fixer
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Norman Mailer and Philip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel The Natural was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. His 1966 novel The Fixer (also filmed), about antisemitism in the Russian Empire, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bernard Malamud” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.