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In Memoriam · 1931 – 2015
E. L. Doctorow

Person · Screenwriter

E. L. Doctorow

Born
1931
Died
2015
From
New York City, New York, USA·Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
  • Also:
  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Producer
17
Credits on file
6
Decades active
21
Awards

In short · Wrote for six decades — 17 credits, 13 National Book Critics Circle Award wins.

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  1. Award win

    St Louis Literary Award — St. Louis Literary Award

  2. Award win

    Pen Faulkner Award — Fiction

  3. Award win

    Michael Shaara Award — Excellence in Civil War Fiction

  4. Award win

    National Book Critics Circle Award — Fiction

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Biography

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), Ragtime (1981) and Wakefield (2016). He was married to Helen Setzer. He died on 21 July 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

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Writer

6 credits

Editor

1 credit

Other crew

9 credits

Awards & Nominations

13 wins · 8 nominations

National Book Critics Circle Award

  • Won2005Fiction
  • Won1989Fiction
  • Won1975Fiction

Pen Faulkner Award

  • Won2006Fiction
  • Won1990Fiction

St Louis Literary Award

  • Won2008St. Louis Literary Award

Michael Shaara Award

  • Won2006Excellence in Civil War Fiction

National Book Award

  • Nom2005Fiction
  • Nom1989Fiction
  • Won1986Fiction
  • Nom1972Fiction

Common Wealth Award Of Distinguished Service

  • Won2000Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service

National Humanities Medal

  • Won1998National Humanities Medal

Helmerich Award

  • Won1998Helmerich Award

William Dean Howells Medal Of The American Academy Of Arts And Letters

  • Won1990William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Guggenheim Fellowship

  • Won1972Guggenheim Fellowship

International Booker Prize

  • Nom2009International Booker Prize

Neustadt International Prize For Literature

  • Nom2008Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Pulitzer Prize For Fiction

  • Nom2006Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • Nom1990Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Nebula Award

  • Nom1976Best Novel

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