Nov 15th, 2008 · When a first-time novelist hears his work compared to Saul Bellow, Virginia Wolfe, William Faulkner, even James Joyce, it must be both gratifying, and daunting. Such is the case with Salvatore Scibona, whose novel The End is a finalist for the National Book Award.
Aug 17th, 2008 · Host Andrea Seabrook shares parting words from novelist Saul Bellow: "Any artist should be grateful for a naïve grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately."
Apr 8th, 2005 · Saul Bellow, An Appreciation April 8, 2005 · Reviewer Alan Cheuse remembers writer and Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, who died this week at 89.
Apr 7th, 2005 · Author Saul Bellow died April 5 at the age of 89. His short stories and novels garnered him three National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Presidential Award and a Nobel Prize. His books include The Adventures of Augie March, Henderson the Rain King, Herzog and Humbolt's Gift. (Originally aired Oct. 4, 1989.)
Apr 6th, 2005 · One of America's greatest novelists, Saul Bellow, died Tuesday at 89. He won three National Book Awards, a Pulitzer and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known books are Herzog, Humboldt's Gift and The Adventures of Augie March.
Apr 6th, 2005 · Author Saul Bellow died Tuesday at the age of 89. Bellow won many awards during his career, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. We hear him read an excerpt from Herzog, one of his three National Book Award-winning works.
Mar 19th, 2005 · Ian McEwan talks about Saturday, which tracks a neurosurgeon over a single day. McEwan says the parallels to Virginia Woolf and James Joyce may seem obvious in limiting a narrative to 24 hours, but he was more influenced by Saul Bellow and John Updike.