E.L. DOCTOROW WINS 2006 PEN/FAULKNER PRIZE for The MARCH
E.L. DOCTOROW has won the 2006 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for The March (Random House, 2005), his bestselling novel about General William Tecumseh Sherman’s march through the Confederate South. This is the second time that the much-lauded American novelist has captured the prestigious literary prize, having won the 1990 PEN/Faulkner Award for Billy Bathgate (1989). Others shortlisted for the Prize included Karen Fisher for A Sudden Country (Random House, 2005), William Henry Lewis for I Got Somebody in Staunton (Amistad/HarperCollins, 2005), James Salter for Last Night (Alfred A. Knopf, 2005) and Bruce Wagner for The Chrysanthemum Palace (Simon & Schuster, 2005).
BibliographyDOCTOROW E.L. [1931-] Novelist. Born Edgar Lawrence Doctorow in New York, New York. NOVELS The March (2005: winner of the 2006 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; shortlisted for the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction, the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction); City of God (2000); Waterworks (1994); Billy Bathgate (1989: winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; shortlisted for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction); World’s Fair (1985: winner of the 1986 National Book Award for Fiction); Loon Lake (1980: shortlisted for the 1980 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction); Ragtime (1975: winner of the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction); The Book of Daniel (1971: shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction); Big as Life (1966); Welcome to Hard Times (1960) STORIES Sweet Land Stories (2004); Lives of the Poets: Six Stories and a Novella (1984) PLAY Drinks Before Dinner (1979) NONFICTION Reporting the Universe (2003) ESSAYS Jack London, Hemingway and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992 (1993)
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I read The Book of Daniel, and honestly, I did not like it. Not my kind of writer.
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Dear Jacobo - Many critics consider The Book of Daniel as E.L. Doctorow's best book. However, I do agree with you that it isn't his best. It is not easy to enjoy his kind of writing. Perhaps it is a taste that one must learn to acquire. You either like him or you don't.
Hi again,
Well, we had to read The Book of Daniel for class, and analyzed it and so on. It is not a matter of a complex style nor anything of the kind, it is rather, as you say that you like him or you don't. Just a matter of sensitivity.
Anyway, I also wanted to tell you that I enjoy reading your blog. I am on my way to become a PhD on literature and it is always pleasant to know other literature lovers, and book addicts :)
Dear Jacobo - The Book of Daniel is a very American novel, steeped in the sociopolitical turmoil of America in the 1950s and 1960s. One must understand the sociopolitical milieu then to be able to enjoy the story. This novel is narrated by the adult son of a Julius and Ethel Rosenberg-like couple, American communists who were executed for treason in the 1950s. The Book of Daniel and Ragtime established Doctorow’s reputation as a historical writer who is able to bridge popular and literary genres. He is especially good at mixing fictional characters and historical figures in his novels. Which of his books did you enjoy most?
I didn't think The Book of Daniel was his best either and I've read nearly everything he's every done. I'd go with World's Fair, Billy Bathgate and Ragtime. I was hooked on the first thing of his I ever read, which was the book of short stories Lives of the Poets.
He is my favorite; such a grand, luminescent read. For real yo.
Hello Erica - Real nice to hear from you. If you had to choose ONE book to represent the best of Doctorow, which book of his would you choose? World's Fair? Billy Bathgate? Ragtime?
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