• Humboldt's Gift is a 1975 novel by Canadian-American author Saul Bellow. It won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and contributed to Bellow's winning...
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    Henderson the Rain King, Herzog, Mr. Sammler's Planet, Seize the Day, Humboldt's Gift, and Ravelstein. Bellow said that of all his characters, Eugene Henderson...
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  • Alexander von Humboldt Humboldt Fleisher, character in novel Humboldt's Gift Wes Humboldt, character played by Mike O'Brien on Corner Gas Humboldt, Argentina...
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  • title held by Walter Citrine Charlie Citrine, a character in the book Humboldt's Gift, by Saul Bellow Citrine (Xenosaga), a character in the Xenosaga series...
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  • Bellow based the snob figure of the critic Sewell on him in the novel Humboldt's Gift (1975). Poetry From Jordan's Delight 1937 The Second World, 1942 The...
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  • given (1974) The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (1975) 1976–2000 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow (1976) No award given (1977) Elbow Room by James Alan...
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  • given (1974) The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (1975) 1976–2000 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow (1976) No award given (1977) Elbow Room by James Alan...
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    influences are found in Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza and Saul Bellow's Humboldt's Gift. In both novels, one character compares another character to George...
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    wider readership with Herzog (1964), Mr. Sammler's Planet (1970), and Humboldt's Gift (1975). His themes include the disorientation of contemporary society...
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    the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation...
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  • 1970 Won the 1971 National Book Award for Fiction Novels 1970-1982 Humboldt's Gift 1975 Won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Novels 1970-1982 The Dean's...
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    Yugoslavia in War 1941–1945. Djilas is mentioned in Saul Bellow's fiction Humboldt's Gift, where he writes about Joseph Stalin's "twelve-course all-night banquets"...
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    (1974) Historical fiction New Jersey 1976 Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Humboldt's Gift Viking Press (1975) Novel Illinois (born in Quebec, Canada) 1977 Not...
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    given (1974) The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (1975) 1976–2000 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow (1976) No award given (1977) Elbow Room by James Alan...
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    deals with Alexander von Humboldt, one of the world's best-known naturalists of the 18th and 19th centuries, and Humboldt's relationship with the mathematician...
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  • Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Humboldt's Gift, which was based on his relationship with Schwartz. Although the character of Von Humboldt Fleischer is Bellow's...
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  • 1982 Publication place United States Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Pages 346 Preceded by Humboldt's Gift  Followed by More Die of Heartbreak ...
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  • Seize the Day, the instructor is played by Dr. Tamkin, while in Humboldt's Gift, Humboldt von Fleisher takes the part. Scholars such as Bellow biographer...
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  • Barth Giles Goat-Boy 1966 Saul Bellow The Victim 1947 Saul Bellow Humboldt's Gift 1975 Elizabeth Bowen The Heat of the Day 1949 Malcolm Bradbury The...
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  • of Bellow's novels, including Mr. Sammler's Planet (Artur Sammler), Humboldt's Gift (Professor Durnwald), and Ravelstein (Rakhmiel Kogon). Artur Sammler...
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  • Howards End by E. M. Forster Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow Hunger by Knut Hamsun Hungry Hearts by Anzia Yezierska...
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  • writer's role. Kernan discusses four representative novels—Saul Bellow's Humboldt's Gift, Bernard Malamud's The Tenants, Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, and Norman...
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  • Joemeno.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05. Coetzee, J.M. (May 27, 2004). "Bellow's Gift", New York Review of Books. Retrieved February 5, 2015. Hitchens, Christopher...
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  • Ballard – High-Rise Donald Barthelme – The Dead Father Saul Bellow – Humboldt's Gift Thomas Bernhard – Correction (Korrektur) Jorge Luis Borges – The Book...
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  • People) typified the 1970s. Other important novels include Saul Bellow's Humboldt's Gift (1975) and Carlos Baker's A Friend's Power (1958). As a trendsetter...
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    story "The Suicide Club".[citation needed] In Saul Bellow's novel Humboldt's Gift the character Charlie Citrine has written a successful Broadway play...
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