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William Gaddis
American novelist (–)
William Thomas Gaddis Jr. (December 29, &#;– December 16, ) was an American novelist.[1][2] The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's best novels from to [3] and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S.
National Book Award for Fiction.[4] A collection of his essays was published posthumously as The Rush for Second Place (). The Letters of William Gaddis was published by Dalkey Archive Press in February [5]
A MacArthur Fellow, Gaddis is widely considered one of the first and most important American postmodern writers.[6]
Life and career
Gaddis was born in New York City to William Thomas Gaddis, who worked "on Wall Street and in politics", and Edith (Charles) Gaddis, who worked her way up from being secretary to the president of the New York Steam Corporation to an executive position as its chief pu