Gilbert Sorrentino
1929 - 2006
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(1929-2006) Novelist, poet. Gilbert Sorrentino was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Full Name
Gilbert Sorrentino
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1929
BIRTH
Gilbert Sorrentino was born in Brooklyn, New York, April 27, 1929.
1950
OTHER
Sorrentino studied at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, from 1950-51 and 1955-57.
1960
LITWORK
The Darkness Surrounds Us
Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams
Poetry.
Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams
Poetry.
1965
OTHER
Mr. Sorrentino taught at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in 1965.
1966
LITWORK
The Sky Changes
New York: Hill and Wang
Novel.
New York: Hill and Wang
Novel.
1970
LITWORK
Steelwork
Pantheon Books
Novel.
Pantheon Books
Novel.
1971
LITWORK
Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things
New York: Pantheon Books
0394471083 ISBN-13: 978-0394471082
Novel.
New York: Pantheon Books
0394471083 ISBN-13: 978-0394471082
Novel.
1971
OTHER
Mr. Sorrentino taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, from 1971 to 1972.
1979
LITWORK
Mulligan Stew
New York: Grove Press
0802101739 ISBN-13: 978-0394507170
Comic novel.
New York: Grove Press
0802101739 ISBN-13: 978-0394507170
Comic novel.
1980
LITWORK
Aberration of Starlight
New York: Random House
0394511891 ISBN-13: 978-0394511894
Novel.
New York: Random House
0394511891 ISBN-13: 978-0394511894
Novel.
1983
LITWORK
Blue Pastoral
Berkeley, California: North Point Press
0865470952 ISBN-13: 978-0865470958
Novel.
Berkeley, California: North Point Press
0865470952 ISBN-13: 978-0865470958
Novel.
1984
LITWORK
Something Said
Berkeley, California: North Point Press
0865471770 ISBN-13: 978-0865471771
Criticism.
Berkeley, California: North Point Press
0865471770 ISBN-13: 978-0865471771
Criticism.
1986
LITWORK
A Beehive Arranged on Humane Principles
New York: Grenfell Press
Poetry.
New York: Grenfell Press
Poetry.
2006
LITWORK
A Strange Commonplace
Coffee House Press
Fiction.
Coffee House Press
Fiction.
2006
DEATH
Gilbert Sorrentino died in Brooklyn, New York, on May 18, 2006.
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