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1. Prof. S.M.Sagar M.Phil applied linguistics 03426476557 [email protected]

2. “I am quite tired of the colossally deceitful devaluation of man in this day. … The devaluation exists because (humanity) accepts it without protest”

3. Berna r d M a la mud w a s born on Ap r il 26, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were not highly educated and knew very little about literature or the arts. He liked to read and to attend a local Yiddish theater. He began to try to write stories of his own. Malamud attended high school in Brooklyn and received his bachelor's degree from the City College of New York in 1936.

4. Although he wrote in his spare time, Malamud did not begin writing seriously until hearing of the horrors of the Holocaust, when the Germans, led by Adolf Hitler . In 1942, Malamud met Ann De Chiara, an Italian- American Roman Catholic, and a 1939 Cornell University graduate. They married on November 6, 1945, despite the opposition of their respective parents. Ann typed his manuscripts and reviewed his writing. Ann and Bernard had two children, Paul and Janna. Janna Malamud Smith is the author of a memoir about her father, titled My Father is a Book.

5. Writing career Traces the life of Roy Hobbs, an American baseball player. The book has mythic elements and explores such themes as initiation and isolation. The Natural (1952) It was awarded the National Book Award in 1959. The Magic Barrel (1958) It is one of his most powerful works. This book is based on the historical account of Mendel Beiliss, a R ussian J e w w h o w as ac c u s e d of m u r d e rin g a Christian child. The Fixer (1966)

6. Writing career It tooks Malamud over five years to write, the main character, William Dubin, attempts to create a sense of worth for himself, both as a man and as a writer. Dubin's Lives (1979) He studies both the original Holocaust and a new, imagined Holocaust of the future. God's Grace (198 2 )