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(1949-2019) Editor, publisher, author. James Atlas was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

James Robert Atlas

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1949

BIRTH

James Robert Atlas was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 22, 1949.

1977

LITWORK

Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374137617 ISBN-13: 978-0374137618
Biography.

1986

LITWORK

The Great Pretender
Atheneum
0689118007 ISBN-13: 978-0689118005
Novel.

2000

LITWORK

Bellow: A Biography
Random House
0394585011 ISBN-13: 978-0394585017
Biography.

2005

LITWORK

My Life in the Middle Ages: A Survivor's Tale
Harper
0060196297 ISBN-13: 978-0060196295
Collection of essays.

2017

LITWORK

The Shadow In the Garden: A Biographer's Tale
Pantheon
1101871690 ISBN-13: 978-1101871690
Nonfiction.

2019

DEATH

James Atlas died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, New York, on September 4, 2019.

2019

RESIDENCE

Mr. Atlas lived in Manhattan, New York.

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