However, he left college in the second year and went on to join the United States Navy. After that, Pynchon joined the Cornell University for studying engineering physics. He graduated from high school in the year 1953 when he was 16 years old. He also used to contribute to his school newspaper with several short fictional stories. Academically, he was very good in his studies and was also awarded with the student of the year award. Pynchon grew as a Catholic.Īs a child, author Pynchon attended the Oyster Bay School, located in Oyster Bay. Several aspects of the ancestry of the Pynchon family and his family background have inspired the fiction writings of author Pynchon in some or the other way. Following William Pynchon, a series of descendants founded reputation and wealth on the American soil. Later, he went on to become the founder of the Springfield, Massachusetts in the year 1636.
William Pynchon was the earliest ancestor of author Pynchon, who migrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1630 along with the Winthrop Fleet. Being born in a small town in Long Island, Pynchon was one among the three children born to Katherine Frances Bennett and Thomas Ruggles Pynchon. The most recent novel written by author Pynchon was published in the year 2013 and was titled as ‘Bleeding Edge’. Also, the rumors about his identity and residence have been circulating since the 1960s, but no one knows the exact details related to him as such. People can find very few photographs of his that have ever been published. In spite of being a noteworthy novelist, author Pynchon is known to be notoriously reclusive as he does not like to take photographs of him. After experiencing some success in his initial attempt, he started composing the books for which he is well known today. He started his writing career by publishing a few short stories in the beginning during the 1950s and 1960s. Hailing from the Long Island, author Pynchon obtained his degree in the English subject from the Cornell University. Before going to serve as one of the popular authors, Pynchon served in the United States Navy for a period of 2 years. He was born as Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr., on May 8, 1937, in Glen Cove, New York, United States. For one of his books titled ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’ author Pynchon was awarded with the National Book Award of United States for Fiction in the year 1974. They even include music, history, mathematics, and science. The books that he ha written on the fiction and nonfiction styles cover a wide array of genres, subject matters, and themes. Thomas Pynchon is one of the well known novelists from America who has written several complex and dense novels in his writing career.
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