Noah Gordon
Noah Gordon (November 11, 1926November 22, 2021) was an American novelist.
Noah Gordon
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- Born
- 11 November 1926
- Birthplace
- Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Died
- 22 November 2021
- Place of death
- Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Spouse
- Lorraine Seay
- Nationality
- United States.
- Fields
- journalism, publishing house, literary activity and prose.
- Honours
- Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction.
- Languages
- English.
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Noah Gordon (November 11, 1926November 22, 2021) was an American novelist.
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Noah Gordon (1926–2021) was a journalist, novelist and publisher, among other activities, of American nationality. The journalist was born in Worcester and died in Dedham.
Noah Gordon worked in Boston. Activity centred on Jewish identity, journalism and literary activity.
Languages used include English. Honours include Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction.
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• Born — 11 November 1926 • Birthplace — Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. • Died — 22 November 2021 • Place of death — Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S. • Occupation — Novelist • Spouse — Lorraine Seay • Children — 3 Noah Gordon (November 11, 1926November 22, 2021) was an American novelist.
Early life and career
Early life and career
Gordon was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on November 11, 1926, the son of a pawnbroker. He served in the US Army at the end of World War II. He reported for the Worcester Telegram until he was hired by the Boston Herald in 1959.
Personal life
Personal life
Gordon had three children with his wife, Lorraine (née Seay). He died on November 22, 2021, in Dedham, Massachusetts, at the age of 95.
Novels
Novels
• The Rabbi (1965) • The Death Committee (1969) • The Jerusalem Diamond (1979) • The Last Jew (2000) • Sam and Other Animal Stories (2002) (children's stories) • The Winemaker (2007)
Cole family trilogy
Cole family trilogy
• The Physician (1986) (film adaption in 2013) • Shaman (1992) • Matters of Choice (1995)
Career and activity
Career and activity
Noah Gordon worked in journalism, publishing house, literary activity, prose and Jewish identity. He worked at Boston.
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Life and career
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1926
Noah Gordon born at Worcester.
2021
Noah Gordon died at Dedham.
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Works and reception
Some of the topics covered within his novels include medical history and medical ethics. Later he began to focus more on themes relating to the Inquisition and Jewish cultural history. Gordon's debut novel, The Rabbi, spent 26 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list in 1965. When publishing The Physician, the book was picked up by Random House - Germany, which promoted the book in Europe, where Gordon became very popular in Spain and Italy. His novel The Last Jew won "Que Leer Prize" (Spain) and "Boccaccio Literary Prize" (Italy). Though Gordon's reception internationally has been quite strong, as of 2015, the Boston Globe described Gordon as relatively unknown in the United States. New York Times writer Carey Goldberg described a similar tension between Gordon's widespread popularity in Germany and relative lack of awareness in the United States in 1996. The reasons for the European success of his novel The Physician were discussed in The Forward. His novel Shaman won the first James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1993.
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- 1.Maas, Steve. Noah Gordon is widely read and honored — just not here. Boston Globe. April 7, 2015.
- 2.Noah Gordon Biography
- 3.Roberts, Sam. Noah Gordon, 95, Dies; American Novelist With an Audience Overseas. The New York Times. 2021-11-25. 0362-4331.
- 4.Goldberg, Carey. Best-Selling Author, but Not at Home. The New York Times. 1996-05-21. 0362-4331.
- 5.Silverstein, Andrew. The most phenomenally successful Jewish author you've probably never heard of. The Forward. 22 July 2021.
- 6.Writer Noah Gordon, author of 'The Doctor', dies at 95.
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