Talk:E. L. Doctorow

Nobel prize
Nobel Prize & Billy Bathgate - You don't get nominated for the literature prize on the basis of a single identified work, but for a body of work I thought... Linuxlad 13:10, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

City of God
The "City of God" link takes you to an article about the St. Augustine work, not the Doctorow novel.

Billy Bathgate film
A "citation needed" disclaimer was added to the statement that says Doctorow reneges the movie, however, the Gotham Gazette quotes him as saying: "Four of my books have been made into movies. There's actually one that I like. That's the film that Sydney Lumet made of the Book of Daniel, called Daniel. It's not a perfect movie by any means, but there's some beautiful stuff in it. The others are a disappointment: Ragtime and Billy Bathgate. Welcome to Hard Times is the second worst movie ever made." 

I got that link from the very article's External Links section. I propose the disclaimer simply be removed.

SaulPerdomo 01:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, made the edit it myself. Feel free to contact me in my talk page if you disagree. --SaulPerdomo 09:05, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Rosenbergs
Is it neccessary to put "allegedly" in front of both of the mentions of their conviction for having sold secrets to the Soviet Union? In light of both the conviction and evidence since revealed?-SF

National Book Award for Fiction
Five novels by Doctorow were finalists for the U.S. National Book Award in the Fiction category, once one of ten finalists (1972) and four times one of five finalists. I have added the one not previously noted here and provided official references for all five.

Let me preempt speculation that five is the maximum for all NBAwards or for the Fiction award. Either way, the "all-time record" is at least six. --P64 (talk) 00:18, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

U.S. Army service
While adding a few links (US Army, Corporal) i have changed the wording in a way that clearly makes 1954-55 his term in Germany. —rather than the term of Allied Occupation, of course, or his entire military service, which seems too short, but it's a guess. --P64 (talk) 00:46, 27 March 2012 (UTC)