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- William_Gaddis abstract "William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist.The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005and two others won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.A collection of his essays was published posthumously as The Rush for Second Place (2002). The Letters of William Gaddis was published by Dalkey Archive Press in February 2013.Gaddis is one of the first and most important American postmodern writers.Because of their complexity and inventiveness in structure and style, his novels are often challenging to read; for example, his National Book Award winners J R and A Frolic of His Own are written almost entirely in unattributed dialogue and without much description, leaving the reader with only different characters' verbal tics, stock phrases and obsessions to identify who is speaking. Some readers find this a source of difficulty; others, finding his ability to make distinctive characterizations using only dialogue a virtuoso stylistic feat, find it a pleasure unique to his work[citation needed]. His books are also known for their extensive use of literary and cultural allusions, most of which are annotated in The Gaddis Annotations.".
- William_Gaddis activeYearsEndYear "1998".
- William_Gaddis activeYearsStartYear "1955".
- William_Gaddis alias "Gaddis, William Thomas, Jr. (full name)".
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- William_Gaddis birthDate "1922-12-29".
- William_Gaddis birthPlace New_York_City.
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- William_Gaddis deathDate "1998-12-16".
- William_Gaddis deathPlace East_Hampton_(town),_New_York.
- William_Gaddis deathYear "1998".
- William_Gaddis education Harvard_University.
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- William_Gaddis influencedBy Evelyn_Waugh.
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- William_Gaddis influencedBy Nikolai_Gogol.
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- William_Gaddis influencedBy Thomas_Bernhard.
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- William_Gaddis movement Postmodern_literature.
- William_Gaddis notableWork A_Frolic_of_His_Own.
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- William_Gaddis notableWork The_Recognitions.
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- William_Gaddis alternativeNames "Gaddis, William Thomas, Jr.".
- William_Gaddis awards National_Book_Award.
- William_Gaddis birthDate "1922-12-29".
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- William_Gaddis caption "Gaddis in 1975".
- William_Gaddis dateOfBirth "1922-12-29".
- William_Gaddis dateOfDeath "1998-12-16".
- William_Gaddis deathDate "1998-12-16".
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- William_Gaddis influenced Jack_Kerouac.
- William_Gaddis influenced Jonathan_Franzen.
- William_Gaddis influenced Joseph_McElroy.
- William_Gaddis influenced Stanley_Elkin.
- William_Gaddis influenced Thomas_Pynchon.
- William_Gaddis influenced William_H._Gass.
- William_Gaddis influences Evelyn_Waugh.
- William_Gaddis influences Fyodor_Dostoyevsky.
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- William_Gaddis movement Postmodern_literature.
- William_Gaddis name "Gaddis, William".
- William_Gaddis name "William Gaddis".
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- William_Gaddis notableworks "A Frolic of His Own".
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- William_Gaddis notableworks "The Recognitions".
- William_Gaddis period "1955".
- William_Gaddis placeOfBirth "Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA".
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