![Novelist Saul Bellow](https://www.onthisday.com/images/people/saul-bellow.jpg?w=360)
Profession: Novelist
Biography: Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts for his literary contributions. He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times.
Born: June 10, 1915
Birthplace: Lachine, Quebec, Canada
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star Sign: Gemini
Historical Events
- 1976-05-03 Pulitzer prize for Fiction awarded to Saul Bellow for "Humboldt's Gift"
- 1976-10-21 Nobel prize for literature awarded to American Saul Bellow
Quotes by Saul Bellow
- "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."