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- Birth nameThomas Louis Berger
- Thomas Berger was born on July 20, 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Little Big Man (1970), Meeting Evil (2012) and Neighbors (1981). He was married to Jeanne Redpath Berger. He died on July 13, 2014 in Nyack, New York, USA.
- SpouseJeanne Redpath Berger(1950 - July 13, 2014) (his death)
- American satirical novelist, best known for "Little Big Man" (1964, filmed 1970), which deals with the myths and realities of the Wild West.
- Born at 12:45pm-CDT.
- Was known to be a recluse, fiercely protective of his privacy.
- After completing his education, he worked as a librarian at the Tamiment Institute and Library (formerly the Rand School for Social Science) in New York and as a summary writer for The New York Times Index.
- Graduated with honours from the University of Cincinnati in 1948.
- I need some rest between novels, but I can never take much because life is unbearable to me unless I can escape from it into fiction.
- Provincial American cities evoke in me a terrible feeling of desolation as evening falls and the citizenry retires to home, peevish wife and importunate children. Whereas, in Manhattan at any hour of the night, one can step into the street and encounter a werewolf, or at the very least a derelict who will vomit on one's shoes.
- Why does one write? Because it isn't there! Unlike Everest and other celebrated eminences. Beginners sometime ask me how a novel is written, the answer to which is: Any way at all. One knows only when it is finished, and then if one is at all serious, he will never do it the same way again.
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