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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. Listen to American novelist E. L. Doctorow speak about his use of science in his novels
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Author. E. L. Doctorow. Born Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, January 6, 1931, in New York, NY; married Helen Setzer, 1954; children: three. Education: Kenyon College, B.A., 1952; graduate work at Columbia University. Addresses: Publisher —Random House, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Website —http://www.nyu.edu/fas/Faculty/DoctorowE.html. Career.
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Jul 22, 2015 · By Oliver Gettell. July 22, 2015 12:38 PM PT. Novelist E.L. Doctorow, who died Tuesday from complications of lung cancer, was a quintessentially American storyteller who weaved together...
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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Ragtime is a novel by E. L. Doctorow, first published in 1975. The sweeping historical fiction occurs in the area of New York City between 1902 and 1912. Ragtime was ranked number 86 among Modern Library's 100 Best Novels in 1998. Time magazine included Ragtime in its list of 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
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Jul 22, 2015 · Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images Entertainment. E.L. Doctorow, who died yesterday, wrote historical novels that never ran the risk of being merely antiquarian. The past was never really dead for...
May 17, 2018 · E.L. Doctorow (born 1931) is widely regarded as one of America's pre-eminent novelists of the 20th Century. His work is philosophically probing, employing an adventurous prose style, and the use of historical and quasi-historical figures, situations, and settings.