Thomas Berger (novelist) biography
Date of birth : 1924-07-20
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality : American
Category : Famous Figures
Last modified : 2011-05-25
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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Berger was in Europe with the United States Army and then studied at the University of Cincinnati, and at Columbia University. He worked as a librarian and a journalist before publishing his first novel, Crazy in Berlin, in 1958. Berger may be best known for the movie made from his novel Little Big Man, which starred Dustin Hoffman. His 1980 novel, Neighbors, was also made into a film, Neighbors, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Cathy Moriarty. In 1984 his book The Feud was nominated by the Pulitzer committee for fiction for the Pulitzer Prize, but the Pulitzer board overrode their recommendation and instead chose William Kennedy's Ironweed.
Author of books:
Crazy in Berlin (1958)
Reinhart in Love (1962)
Little Big Man (1964)
Killing Time (1967)
Vital Parts (1971)
Regiment of Women (1973)
Sneaky People (1975)
Who is Teddy Villanova (1977)
Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel (1978)
Neighbors (1980)
Reinhart's Women (1981)
The Feud (1983)
Granted Wishes: Three Stories (1984)
Nowhere (1985)
Being Invisible (1987)
The Houseguest (1988)
Changing the Past (1989)
Orrie's Story (1990)
Meeting Evil (1992)
Robert Crews (1994)
Suspects (1996)
The Return of Little Big Man (1999)
Best Friends (2003)
Adventures of the Artificial Woman (2004)
