William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. (1922-12-29)December 29, 1922 New York City, US
Died
December 16, 1998(1998-12-16) (aged 75) East Hampton, New York, US
Education
Harvard University
Period
1955–1998
Genre
Novel
Literary movement
Postmodernism
Notable works
The Recognitions (1955)
J R (1975)
A Frolic of His Own (1994)
Notable awards
National Book Award
Spouse
Patricia Black
Judith Thompson
Children
2
William Thomas Gaddis Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist.[1][2]
The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005[3]
and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[4]
A collection of his essays was published posthumously as The Rush for Second Place (2002). The Letters of William Gaddis was published by Dalkey Archive Press in February 2013.
A MacArthur Fellow, Gaddis is widely considered one of the first and most important American postmodern writers.[5][6]
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Alberts, Crystal (August 11, 2005). "William Gaddis, 1922–1998. American author". Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections. Archived from the original on September 12, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
^Gussow, Mel (December 17, 1998). "William Gaddis, 75, Innovative Author Of Complex, Demanding Novels, Is Dead". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
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"All Time 100 Novels". Time. October 16, 2005. Archived from the original on October 19, 2005.
^National Book Foundation: Awards: "National Book Award Winners: 1950–2009" Archived May 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^Entropy in William Gaddis's Novels Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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