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For five decades, Nobel prize-winning author Saul Bellow has drawn inspiration from America's urban landscape for many of his works, including the acclaimed Adventures of Augie March.
The youngest son of Russian immigrants, Bellow was born in Montreal and moved with his family to Chicago when he was nine. Intonight's Bookmark, he talks to fellow author
Martin Amis-who regards 83-year-old Bellow as the greatest living American writer- about how
America, and being American, has shaped his life, and the essence of being a writer. The programme also contains dramatisations and readings from many of Bellow's works. Director/Producer Sarah Aspinall

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Sarah Aspinall
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