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1915 – 2005Saul Bellow (1915-2005)Died 5 April 2005, aged 89Saul Bellow, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist known for works including "Herzog" and "Humboldt's Gift", died on 5 April 2005. He was among the most celebrated American writers of the 20th century, exploring modern intellectual and urban life across a five-decade career. Bellow won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976.