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Thomas Pynchon is an American novelist who was born in Glen Cove, New York.
His novels are known for their focus on music, sociology, imperialism, racism, and more. He attended Cornell University to pursue engineering but fell in love with writing instead and began to write novels after graduating. His most famous work so far is 'Gravity's Rainbow'.
He is known for his extremely reclusive nature and as of 2022, he resides in New York with his wife, Melanie Jackson, and their son.
Thomas Pynchon's net worth is $1.5 million.
Born in Glen Cove, Thomas Pynchon's annual earnings are not known.
Thomas Pynchon's height is unknown.
Thomas Pynchon is 85 years old as of June 2022.
Thomas Pynchon was born on May 8, 1937, in Glen Cove on Long Island, New York in, America. His parents were Thomas Pynchon Sr. and Katherine Frances Bennett. He was known to be quite precocious as a child and skipped two grades before high school, graduating from Oyster bay High School at the age of just 16. He then went to Cornell University to study engineering physics but left to join the US Navy at the end of his sophomore year. He spent two years in the Navy before returning to Cornell University in 1957 to study for a degree in English. He wrote many short stories, with his first one, 'The Small Rain', appearing in the magazine Cornell Writer in 1959. He graduated with distinction and as a member of the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa.
Thomas Pynchon married literary agent Melanie Jackson in 1990, and the two have a son named Jackson Pynchon.
Thomas Pynchon is best known for his complex novels, which cover a wide range of topics and genres. He began to work on 'V.', his first novel, shortly after graduating from Cornell.
His first job was as a technical writer for Boeing in Seattle. After the success of 'V.', he resigned from Boeing to focus on writing as a full-time career. He shifted from New York to California and spent a large chunk of the '60s and '70s writing 'Gravity's Rainbow', which is regarded as his best work to date. He also published 'The Crying of Lot 49', 'Vineland', 'Mason and Dixie', 'Against The Day', 'Inherent Vice' and 'Bleeding Edge'. He also published the short story collection 'Slow Learner' in 1984.
Asides from his success as an author, Pynchon is known for being extremely reclusive, with hardly any pictures of him existing in the media. He has refused to give interviews or appear on television many times, and very few photos of him as a youth are available to the public.
Thomas Pynchon won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1974 and was awarded the MacArthur fellowship in 1988.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon
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We try our very best, but cannot guarantee perfection. We will always aim to give you accurate information at the date of publication - however, information does change, so it’s important you do your own research, double-check and make the decision that is right for your family.
Kidadl provides inspiration to entertain and educate your children. We recognise that not all activities and ideas are appropriate and suitable for all children and families or in all circumstances. Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. We recommend that these ideas are used as inspiration, that ideas are undertaken with appropriate adult supervision, and that each adult uses their own discretion and knowledge of their children to consider the safety and suitability.
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