Person Detail: William Gaddis

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General Information:
Full Name: William Gaddis
Biography: (1922-1998) Writer, novelist. William Gaddis was born in Manhattan, New York, and raised in Massapequa, New York. He returned to New York, worked as a fact checker for The New Yorker, and as a speech writer for the Pfizer Corporation.
Author's Timeline:
1922		New York County William Gaddis was born in Manhattan, New York, on December 29, 1922.
1998		Suffolk County William Gaddis died at his home in East Hampton, New York, on December 16, 1998.
1945		New York County Mr. Gaddis returned to New York after studying at Harvard, and worked as a fact checker for The New Yorker, and as a speech writer for the Pfizer Corporation.
1985		(Unknown) County Carpenter's Gothic (Pub: New York: Viking, 1985; London: Deutch, 1986. ISBN: 0670697931 / 978-0670697939) Novel.
1955		(Unknown) County The Recognitions (Pub: New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955; London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1962. ISBN: 0151759715 / 978-0151759712) Novel.
1975		(Unknown) County JR (Pub: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975; London: Cape, 1976. ISBN: ) Novel, winner of National Book Award.
1994		(Unknown) County A Frolic of His Own (Pub: Poiseidon Press / Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671669842 / 978-0671669843) Novel, winner of National Book Award.
2002		(Unknown) County Agape Agape (Pub: Viking Adult ISBN: 0670031313 / 978-0670031313) Novel.
2002		(Unknown) County The Rush for Second Place (Pub: Penguin Books ISBN: 0142002380 / 978-0142002384) Short fiction.
1927		Nassau County Mr. Gaddis lived with his mother in Massapequa, New York, until he was five.
1998		Suffolk County William Gaddis was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, New York.
1941		Nassau County Mr. Gaddis graduated from Farmingdale High School in Farmingdale, New York, in 1941.