US: Saul Bellow, who rose from writing book reviews for $10 apiece to become one of America's greatest novelists after the second World War, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89.
Friend and lawyer Walter Pozen said Bellow died of natural causes at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife by his side.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize, and three National Book Awards, Bellow was the author of such novels as The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Henderson the Rain King. His work touched on the essence of human existence, the experience of immigrants and Jews, and class and social mobility in 20th century America.
Bellow's five marriages resulted in four children. His fifth wife, Janis Freedman, gave birth to daughter Naomi Rose in 1999 when Bellow was 84.