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Thomas Pynchon was born on May 8, 1937, in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, one of three children of engineer and politician Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Sr. (1907–1995) and Katherine Frances Bennett (1909–1996), a nurse.
His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, science, and mathematics. For Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon won the 1973 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.
Dec 14, 2022 · For years, archival traces of the novelist Thomas Pynchon have been almost as rare as sightings of the man himself. Only a handful of confirmed photos of him are known to exist.
May 14, 2024 · Thomas Pynchon (born May 8, 1937, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, U.S.) is an American novelist and short-story writer whose works combine black humour and fantasy to depict human alienation in the chaos of modern society.
Articles, profiles, essays, and news on American novelist Thomas Pynchon, cover art for his novels over the years, and much more. The best online resource for all things Thomas Pynchon.
New York artist Zak Smith created a series of 760 drawings entitled, One Picture for Every Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel "Gravity's Rainbow", also known by the title Pictures of What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel "Gravity's Rainbow".
Feb 16, 2023 · Looming apocalypse. Paranoid conspiracies. Rocket-obsessed oligarchs. As Thomas Pynchon’s novel turns 50, its world feels unnervingly present.
