Thomas Rogers (June 23, 1927 – April 1, 2007) was an American novelist.
Life and career
Born in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Rogers graduated from
Harvard University
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in 1950 before earning a master's degree and a PhD from the
University of Iowa
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New York Times obituary for Thomas Rogers
/ref> He was twice nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction
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, for his first novel ''The Pursuit of Happiness'', which was adapted into a 1971 film, and his second novel ''The Confessions of a Child of the Century by Samuel Heather'' (1972). His final two novels were both centered on the same protagonist. Before his retirement in 1992, he taught at Pennsylvania State University
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for three decades and lived in State College, Pennsylvania
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Novels
*''The Pursuit of Happiness'' (1968)
*''The Confessions of a Child of the Century by Samuel Heather'' (1972)
*''At the Shores'' (1980)
*''Jerry Engels'' (2005)
References
External links
Retrospective book review of ''At the Shores'' and ''Jerry Engels'' by New York Review of Books
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American male novelists
1927 births
Harvard University alumni
University of Iowa alumni
2007 deaths
Pennsylvania State University faculty
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from Pennsylvania