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E.L. Doctorow Biography

Edgar Lawrence (E.L.) Doctorow was born to Russian Jewish parents in the Bronx in 1931. He was named after the 19th-century poet and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe. Doctorow's father owned a music store, and his parents shared their love of music and books with him at a young age.

Doctorow attended Bronx High School of Science, where he found his niche in the school's literary magazine and journalism classes. After graduation, he earned his B.A. at Kenyon College, then attended graduate school at Columbia University for one year before being drafted into the army in 1954.

Doctorow grew up in the Bronx borough of New York City, Unsplash

After returning from the service, Doctorow worked in the film industry reading scripts. His first novel, Welcome to Hard Times (1960), was inspired by the Westerns he read while working for Columbia Pictures. It was initially supposed to be a parody of western fiction, but it eventually became a serious novel that was met with positive reviews. Welcome to Hard Times was adapted into a film starring Henry Fonda in 1967.

For much of the 1960s, Doctorow worked in the publishing industry. He began working as an editor at New American Library and climbed the ranks to become editor-in-chief at Dial Press in 196

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