Author. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he is considered one of the most important writers of his generation along with Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer. He served in the army during Second World War, and he moved to New York where ended his studies of art. In 1960, he published his first novel "The Human Season" and one year later, he published his book "The Pawnbroker", a work that reflected the life of the survivors of a Nazi death camp. This book was finalist for the National Book Award. In 1964, was adapted to the cinema for Sidney Lumet. In 1962, he left his work to develop his career as writer, but he died at the age of 36 of a cerebral aneurysm. He left two posthumous books "The Tenants of Moonbloom" and "The Children at the Gate." In 1964, was created the Edward Lewis Wallant Book Award to remember Wallant's contribution to Jewish letters, and to honor a contemporary Jewish-American writer for a creative work of fiction (novel or collection of short stories) that has significance for the American Jew."
Author. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he is considered one of the most important writers of his generation along with Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer. He served in the army during Second World War, and he moved to New York where ended his studies of art. In 1960, he published his first novel "The Human Season" and one year later, he published his book "The Pawnbroker", a work that reflected the life of the survivors of a Nazi death camp. This book was finalist for the National Book Award. In 1964, was adapted to the cinema for Sidney Lumet. In 1962, he left his work to develop his career as writer, but he died at the age of 36 of a cerebral aneurysm. He left two posthumous books "The Tenants of Moonbloom" and "The Children at the Gate." In 1964, was created the Edward Lewis Wallant Book Award to remember Wallant's contribution to Jewish letters, and to honor a contemporary Jewish-American writer for a creative work of fiction (novel or collection of short stories) that has significance for the American Jew."
Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
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