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Nov 20, 1981 · MILOS FORMAN'S ''Ragtime,'' adapted by Michael Weller from E.L. Doctorow's rambunctious, kaleidescopic novel, begins and ends with a dreamlike image - a pair of ballroom dancers, caught in a ...
- Milos Forman
Jul 22, 2015 · Published: July 22, 2015 1:12am EDT. Novelist EL Doctorow has died in a Manhattan hospital from complications of lung cancer. He was 84. He was the recipient of many distinguished literary prizes ...
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Glenn Kenny May 19, 2017. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The idea of just walking away from a seemingly settled life is one that’s gotten a pretty good workout in both film and literature. The 2008 short story “Wakefield,” by American literary giant E.L. Doctorow, put a particularly funny and dark spin on the theme.
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Jul 22, 2015 · Doctorow’s historical vision was enormous in scope and bookended by two wars: the Civil War and the Vietnam War. His prime interest was the America that ran from Abraham Lincoln to Harry Truman ...
E.L. Doctorow (born January 6, 1931, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died July 21, 2015, New York, New York) was an American novelist known for his skillful manipulation of traditional genres.
Jul 21, 2015 · In 1954 and 1955, he served as a corporal in the Signal Corps in West Germany. Back in New York after military service, Doctorow worked as a reader for a motion picture company; reading so many Westerns inspired his first novel, Welcome to Hard Times. Begun as a parody of western fiction, it evolved into a reclamation of the genre.
