E. L. Doctorow

Novelist, editor, professor (1931-2015).

Born January 6th, 1931 in New York City. [ref]

Died July 21st, 2015 at 84 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]

Occupations
author, essayist, faculty member, novelist, playwright, professor, screenwriter, university teacher, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde