E. L. Doctorow
Edgar Lawrence Doctorow ( born January 6, 1931 in New York City ) is an American writer and journalist, who is considered one of the most important contemporary authors of the United States.
Life
Doctorow grew up as the child of Russian-Jewish immigrants of the second generation in the Bronx, New York. After his studies he published several magazines and has taught at various universities, since 1982 at New York University on a specially created for him Chair of English and American literature. Since 1984 he is member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. He received for his books almost all important national prizes and awards, including 1990 and 2006, the PEN / Faulkner Award. The PEN / Faulkner Award in 2006, endowed with 12,600 euros converted, he was awarded for the march. The novel is set in the closing months of the American Civil War and depicts the campaign of General William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops through the southern states Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. In Germany Doctorow has been known primarily for his novels Ragtime and Billy Bathgate.
Works (selection)
- Welcome to Hard Times, novel, 1960, German: Welcome to Hard Times ( translated by Angela Praesent ) Rowohlt ( rororo 5872 ), Reinbek 1987, ISBN 3-499-15872-8.
- The book of Daniel, Roman, 1971 German: The Book of Daniel ( translated by Thomas Schlück ), Island, Frankfurt am Main 1974, ISBN 3-458-05352-2 ( literary adaptation of the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, 1953 in have been the United States executed ).
- Ragtime, novel, 1975, German: Ragtime ( translated by Angela Praesent ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1976, ISBN 3-498-01223-1.
- Loon Lake, novel, 1980, German: Red-throated Diver, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1982, ISBN 3-498-01244-4.
- Lives of the Poets, six stories and a novella, 1984, German: The Lives of the Poets ( translated by Angela Praesent ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985, ISBN 3-498-01259-2.
- World's Fair, novel, 1985 German: World's Fair ( translated by Angela Praesent ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1987, ISBN 3-498-01267-3.
- Billy Bathgate, novel, 1989 German: Billy Bathgate ( translated by Angela Praesent ) Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-462-02043-9.
- The waterworks, novel, 1994, German: The Waterworks, ( translated by Angela Praesent ) Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02401-9.
- City of God, Roman, 2000, German: City of God ( translated by Angela Praesent ) Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-462-03031-0
- Sweet Land Stories, short stories, 2004 German: Sweet Land Stories ( translated by Angela Praesent ) Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2006, ISBN 978-3-462-03681-7.
- The March, 2005 Roman, German: The march ( translated by Angela Praesent ) Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03917-7.
- Homer & Langley, novel, 2009 German: Homer & Langley ( translated by Gertraude Krueger ), Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04298-6.
- All time in the world, stories ( translated by Gertraude Krueger ). Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne, 2013, ISBN 978-3-462-30684-2.