What is Bernard Malamud?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Bernard Malamud | image = Bernard Malamud portrait.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|4|26}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], New York, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|3|18|1914|4|26}} | death_place = [[Manhattan]], New York, United States | occupation = Author, teacher | nationality = American | period = 1940–1985 <!-- according to his editor Robert Giroux in his Preface to The People --> | genre = [[Novel]], [[short story]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[The Natural (movie)|The Natural]]'', ''[[The Fixer (novel)|The Fixer]]'' | signature = | website = }}'''Bernard Malamud''' (April 26, 1914&nbsp;– March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was one of the best known [[American Jews|American Jewish]] authors of the 20th century. His [[baseball]] novel, ''[[The Natural]]'', was made into [[The Natural (movie)|a 1984 movie]]. His 1966 novel ''[[The Fixer (novel)|The Fixer]]'' (also filmed), about [[antisemitism]] in the [[Russian Empire]], won both the [[National Book Award]] and the [[Pulitzer Prize]]. Malamud died in [[Manhattan]] on March 18, 1986 from a [[heart attack]], at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite news |title= Bernard Malamud Dies at 71 |author= Rothstein, Mervyn|newspaper= The New York Times|date= March 19, 1986|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/19/books/malamud-obit.html|format=obituary|access-date=2010-07-30}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Malamud, Bernard}} [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:1986 deaths]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] [[Category:O. Henry Award winners]] {{US-bio-stub}}