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Person Detail: William Gaddis
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| 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. |
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| 1922 |
New York County William Gaddis was born in Manhattan, New York, on December 29, 1922. |
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| 1998 |
Suffolk County William Gaddis died at his home in East Hampton, New York, on December 16, 1998. |
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| 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. |
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| 1985 |
(Unknown) County Carpenter's Gothic (Pub: New York: Viking, 1985; London: Deutch, 1986. ISBN: 0670697931 / 978-0670697939) Novel. |
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| 1955 |
(Unknown) County The Recognitions (Pub: New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955; London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1962. ISBN: 0151759715 / 978-0151759712) Novel. |
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| 1975 |
(Unknown) County JR (Pub: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975; London: Cape, 1976. ISBN: ) Novel, winner of National Book Award. |
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| 1994 |
(Unknown) County A Frolic of His Own (Pub: Poiseidon Press / Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671669842 / 978-0671669843) Novel, winner of National Book Award. |
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| 2002 |
(Unknown) County Agape Agape (Pub: Viking Adult ISBN: 0670031313 / 978-0670031313) Novel. |
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| 2002 |
(Unknown) County The Rush for Second Place (Pub: Penguin Books ISBN: 0142002380 / 978-0142002384) Short fiction. |
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| 1927 |
Nassau County Mr. Gaddis lived with his mother in Massapequa, New York, until he was five. |
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| 1998 |
Suffolk County William Gaddis was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, New York. |
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| 1941 |
Nassau County Mr. Gaddis graduated from Farmingdale High School in Farmingdale, New York, in 1941. |
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