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Thomas Rogers (June 23, 1927 – April 1, 2007) was an American novelist and academic.
Early life and education
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Rogers graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1950 before earning a master's degree and a PhD from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.
Career
He was twice nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction – for his first novel, The Pursuit of Happiness (1968), which was adapted into a 1971 film of the same name, 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 in State College, Pennsylvania, for three decades and lived in State College.
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)
See also
References
- "Thomas Rogers, 79, Writer and Teacher, Is Dead (Published 2007)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019.
External links
- Retrospective book review of At the Shores and Jerry Engels by New York Review of Books
- Thomas Rogers at IMDb
- 1927 births
- 2007 deaths
- 20th-century American educators
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century people from Illinois
- 20th-century people from Pennsylvania
- 21st-century American educators
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century people from Illinois
- 21st-century people from Pennsylvania
- American male novelists
- Educators from Chicago
- Harvard University alumni
- Novelists from Chicago
- Novelists from Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University faculty
- People from State College, Pennsylvania
- University of Iowa alumni