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Edward Lewis Wallant (October 19, 1926 - December 5, 1962) was an American writer. ==Life and career== He lived most of his life in New Haven, Connecticut. His parents were Anna Henrietta Mendel and Sol Ellis Wallant.〔()〕 His years at Pratt in Brooklyn, daily commuting to the city and frequent visits to jazz clubs impacted the New York settings of his books. His first works were short stories published in the ''New Voices: American Writing Today'' series volumes I, II and III. These include "When Ben Awakened", "I Held Back My Hand", "The Man Who Made a Nice Appearance". His novels included ''The Human Season'' (1960) and ''The Pawnbroker'' (1961), which was adapted into an award-winning film starring Rod Steiger. Two of his novels were published posthumously: ''The Tenants of Moonbloom'' (1963) and ''The Children at the Gate'' (1964) Wallant began to write professionally at age twenty nine. He had served in the Second World War as a gunner's mate. He attended the University of Connecticut and graduated from Pratt Institute and studied writing at The New School in New York. While he worked as an advertising art director at McCanErikson working on accounts such as Bulova, Chock Full O' Nuts Coffee and Oreo cookies in the city by day, Wallant wrote at night. Encouraged by his time at the Breadloaf writers conference, he won a Guggenheim Award in 1962. Wallant has been compared to other Jewish American writers such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. Wallant died of an aneurysm at the age of 36. He was survived by his wife Joyce, who died in 1991, and by his son Scott, daughters Leslie and Kim, grandchildren Nina, Steve, Nora, Eddie, Jon, Esme and Ruthie. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Lewis Wallant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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