About Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow was a Canadian‑American writer celebrated for his novels and essays. He received the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature and the National Medal of Arts for his literary achievements. Bellow is the only author to have won the National Book Award for Fiction three times, and in 1990 the National Book Foundation gave him its lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Awards & Honors
O. Henry Award
Nobel Prize in Literature
PEN/Malamud Award
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Guggenheim Fellowship
National Medal of Arts
Prix Formentor
National Book Award for Fiction
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Emerson-Thoreau Medal
St. Louis Literary Award
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Helmerich Award
Jefferson Lecture
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![“Although she never went to the synagogue...Grandma [Lausch], all the same, burned a candle on the anniversary of Mr. Lausch's death, threw a lump of dough on the coals when she was baking, a kind of offering, had incantations over baby teeth and stunts against the evil eye. It was kitchen religion…” quote by Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cff/saul-bellow-558_augie-march_although-she-never-went-to-the-synagogue_100605.jpg)
