Saul Bellow

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was born in Quebec, immigrated to Chicago, and became one of the greatest of the great American novelists. In 1976 he won the Nobel Prize for writing that displayed "the mixture of rich picaresque novel and subtle analysis of our culture, of entertaining adventure, drastic and tragic episodes in quick succession interspersed with philosophic conversation, all developed by a commentator with a witty tongue and penetrating insight into the outer and inner complications that drive us to act, or prevent us from acting, and that can be called the dilemma of our age." In this episode, Jacke and Mike take a look at one of their favorite authors, discussing the highs and lows of the "first-class noticer" and his larger-than-life presence in the literary world. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. Music Credits: “Frog Legs Rag” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:10.0	Hello. He was born in Canada in 1915 and died 90 years later as perhaps the greatest of the great American novelist.
0:19.0	His birth name was Solomon Bellows, but he was better known as Saul Bello, author of short stories
0:25.8	and essays, but above all novels, big novels, weighty novels, packed with intellect and
0:32.2	ready to take on the biggest concerns of the 20th century.
0:36.6	Hersog was his and the Adventures of Auggy March, Henderson the Rain King and Mr. Samler's
0:42.1	planet at Ravelstein and Humboldt's gift.
0:46.3	He won the National Book Award for Fiction three times, still the only writer to have pulled that
0:51.2	off, and just about every other prize you can imagine, including the
0:55.7	Nobel Prize for Literature, which he was awarded in 1976.
1:00.8	In bestowing that honor, the Nobel Committee said Bellows writing was marked by, quote,
1:05.0	the mixture of rich picaresque novel and subtle analysis of our culture,
1:11.0	of entertaining adventure, drastic and tragic episodes in quick succession interspersed
1:16.8	with philosophic conversation, all developed by a commentator with a witty tongue and penetrating insight into the outer and inner
1:25.6	complications that drive us to act or prevent us from acting and that can be
1:31.2	called the dilemma of our age."
1:35.0	End quote.
1:36.0	Saul Bello today on the history of literature. future. Okay, here we go. Welcome to the podcast. Saul Bello. I could do ten episodes on the guy. Every book is interesting, every story,
2:04.6	every letter he wrote, every sentence.
2:07.5	The one thing that I struggle with,
2:10.2	with Mr. Bello, the only thing is that he sometimes is petty and sometimes he's wrong.
2:16.0	That's it.
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