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Notable Works: “Big As Life”. “Homer and Langley”. “Ragtime”. “The Book of Daniel”. “The March”. “Welcome to Hard Times”. (Show more) 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.
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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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E.L. Doctorow was born on 6 January 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Daniel (1983), Wakefield (2016) and Billy Bathgate (1991). He was married to Helen Setzer. He died on 21 July 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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E.L. Doctorow was born on January 6, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Daniel (1983), Wakefield (2016) and Billy Bathgate (1991). He was married to Helen Setzer. He died on July 21, 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- January 6, 1931
- July 21, 2015
Nov 20, 1981 · RAGTIME, directed by Milos Forman; screen- play by Michael Weller, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow; director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek; film editors, Anne V. Coates, Antony Gibbs...
- Milos Forman
May 19, 2017 · 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.
Jul 22, 2015 · Doctorow actually had a role to play in the rise of the nostalgia industry. In the early 1960s, as editor at The Dial Press, he commissioned the publication of Jules Feiffer’s The Comic Book ...
