Young Edgar Doctorow read widely and decided he would become a writer at age 9. He was named after Edgar Allan Poe, whom he often disparaged as America’s “greatest bad writer.” His father, David Doctorow, ran a music store, and his mother, Rose Doctorow, was a pianist.
… And this was entirely unplanned.”Įdgar Lawrence Doctorow was born Jan. “Someone pointed out to me a couple of years ago that you could line them up and in effect now with this book, 150 years of American history. “I don’t know what I set out to do,” Doctorow said in 2006 after the publication of “The March,” his acclaimed Civil War novel. They later lived in New York City and Sag Harbor.īesides his 10 novels, he published two books of short stories, a play called “Drinks Before Dinner” and numerous essays and articles. He won the National Book Award for fiction in 1986 for “World’s Fair” and the National Book Critics Circle award in 1989 for “Billy Bathgate” and in 2005 for “The March.”įROM OUR ARCHIVES: A 'Ragtime' tour of Doctorow's New Rochelleĭoctorow's Victorian-Colonial fusion home on Broadview Avenue in New Rochelle was the inspiration for "Ragtime." Longtime New Rochelle residents, the Doctorows bought the house in 1964. His son, Richard Doctorow, confirmed he died Tuesday at a New York hospital from complications of lung cancer.Ĭonsidered one of the major authors of the 20th century, Doctorow enjoyed critical and popular success over his 50-year career. Doctorow, who wrote the historical fiction novel "Ragtime" at his home in New Rochelle, has died.
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