He has several other books of note. At the news of his passing president obama tweeted e. L. Doctorow was one of americas greatest novelists. He taught me much and he will be missed. The prizes he won including National Humanities level the saul bellow award for achievement in american fiction, and the National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. Joining me now is my great friend, kate medina, she was his editor at random house and knew him well as a writer and as a friend. So we are especially pleased to have her come here this evening and talk about her friend and the man she had the great pleasure to edit, e. L. Doctorow. Welcome. You said in an interesting way through books and characters i will never forget, he showed us americas great flaws and its astonishing promise and our own. So where is his place in American Literature . Kate for me, it is right at the top. It was exhilarating always to read him and one of the things i loved most about
And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose this evening we remember the acclaimed novelist e. L. Doctorow. He died in manhattan yesterday from complications of lung cancer. He was 84. The New York Times described him as a quote literary time traveler who stirred the past into fiction and one of the contemporary fictions most restless experimenters. He was best known for historical fiction set in the early 20th century united states. Ragtime is the book that made him famous. It covers a decade and a half leading into world war i. His other notable works include the march, the waterworks and the book of daniel. At the news of his passing president o bomba tweeted quote e. L. Doctorow was one of americas greatest novelists. His books taught me much and he will be missed. His work was honored with many awards over the last four decades. The priz
And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose this evening we remember the acclaimed novelist e. L. Doctorow. He died in manhattan yesterday from complications of lung cancer. He was 84. The New York Times described him as a quote literary time traveler who stirred the past into fiction and one of the contemporary fictions most restless experimenters. He was best known for historical fiction set in the early 20th century united states. Ragtime is the book that made him famous. It covers a decade and a half leading into world war i. His other notable works include the march, the waterworks and the book of daniel. At the news of his passing president o bomba tweeted quote e. L. Doctorow was one of americas greatest novelists. His books taught me much and he will be missed. His work was honored with many awards over the last four decades. The priz
Note. At the news of his passing president obama tweeted e. L. Doctorow was one of americas greatest novelists. He taught me much and he will be missed. The prizes he won include National Humanities level, the saul bellow award for achievement in american fiction, and the National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. Joining me now is my great friend, kate medina, she was his editor at random house and knew him well as a writer and as a friend. So we are especially pleased to have her come here this evening and talk about her friend and the man she had the great pleasure to edit, e. L. Doctorow. Welcome. You said in an interesting way through books and characters i will never forget, he showed us americas great flaws and its astonishing promise and our own. So where is his place in American Literature . Kate for me, it is right at the top. It was exhilarating, always to read him and one of the things i loved most about edgar as a writer was he was a
And we have returned. Were talking with michael caine. Sean connery will join us in a moment. David brenner and burt mustin are here tonight. What else do you do besides selling those plaster of paris dogs . Oh, i did all sorts of jobs. I was once a night clerk in a hotel of rather bad reputation. That shouldve been fascinating. It was fascinating because i used to i was very innocent in those days. I had just come out of the army, and i kept letting in people called mr. And mrs. Smith of somewhere. And it never fell in. I never fell into the fact that the ladies were rather sully looking. No. I really didnt. And you know, i was thinking i eventually found out that they were all doing other than just being mr. And mrs. Smith. Yeah. Which is can be quite boring. Yes. And so i started charging them. They used to send down for a pot of coffee or a pot of tea, and i kept putting the price up because i knew no one would dare make a fuss. Good thinking. And, one day, there were a lot of amer