Saul Bellow: Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist Dies at 89

Saul Bellow was a Canadian-born American novelist. Born on June 10, 1915, in Lachine, Quebec, he grew up in Chicago and taught at the University of Chicago for decades.

Bellow's novels include The Adventures of Augie March (1953), Herzog (1964), Humboldt's Gift (1975, Pulitzer Prize) and Ravelstein (2000). He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and three National Book Awards.

He was married five times, and became a father for the fourth time at 84. Bellow died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on April 5, 2005, at age 89.

Achievements: Nobel Prize in Literature (1976), Pulitzer Prize (1976), three National Book Awards.

Birth: June 10, 1915 - Lachine, Quebec, Canada.

Profession: Novelist.

Interesting Facts: He was the first author to win three National Book Awards.