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This is a list of notable Jewish American authors. ''See'' separate lists for playwrights and poets. For other notable Jewish Americans, ''see'' Lists of American Jews. == Jewish American authors == * Warren Adler, novelist and short story writer, known for ''The War of the Roses'',〔"The Spoils of War" ''New York Magazine'' December 18, 1989 ()〕 ''Random Hearts'', and ''The Sunset Gang'' 〔"Yiddish with Subtitles - A First on Television" ''The Jewish Press'' April 5, 1991 ()〕 * Molly Antopol, short story writer, 2014 National Book Award nominee 〔 "The National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35, 2013" "National Book Foundation" ()〕 *Max Apple, novelist and short story writer, known for memoirs about his grandparents and his collection ''The Oranging of America'', in which he fantastically reimagines the burgeoning commercial monoculture of the 1970s * Isaac Asimov, novelist, short story writer and prolific author of nonfiction, known for his science fiction works about robots and for writing books in 9 of the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification * Saul Bellow, novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts〔Mel Gussow and Charles McGrath, (Saul Bellow, Who Breathed Life Into American Novel, Dies at 89 ), ''The New York Times'' April 6, 2005.〕 * Aimee Bender, novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters〔"other Jewish authors who may be of interest... Bettina Aptheker... Aimee Bender"〕 * Harold Bloom, literary critic * Michael Chabon, novelist and short story writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'' 〔"Arctic Jews: An Interview With Michael Chabon" ''Dissent Magazine'' April 14, 2007 ()〕 * Bernard Cooper, novelist, short story writer〔Cooper — () "Plenty of Jewish authors will be in the mix, including... Bernard Cooper"〕 * E.L. Doctorow, novelist〔(Intersections: E.L. Doctorow on Rhythm and Writing ), June 28, 2004.〕 * Richard Ellmann, literary critic, won National Book Award for Nonfiction * Nathan Englander, short story writer and novelist, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize〔 "Translating God and Others: An Interview with Nathan Englander" ''Heeb Magazine'' April 4, 2012 ()〕 * Barthold Fles, literary agent and non-fiction writer * Jonathan Safran Foer, novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for novels ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002) and ''Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'' (2005) * Emma Goldman, anarchist writer〔Emma Goldman, ''Living'', p. 24.〕 * Rebecca Goldstein, novelist and philosopher * Allegra Goodman, novelist and short story writer * Joseph Heller, author of ''Catch-22''〔Loveday, Veronica. "Joseph Heller." Joseph Heller (9781429802864) (2005): 1–2. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. Dec 1, 2010〕 * Joshua Henkin, novelist * Christopher Hitchens, literary critic and political activist〔(Look who's talking ) ''The Observer'', 14 April 2002〕〔Hitch-22, page 352.〕 * Dara Horn, novelist * Irving Howe, literary critic〔Rodden, John and Goffman, Ethan (2010). "Chronology". ''(Politics and the Intellectual: Conversations With Irving Howe )''. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557535511. Pg. xv.〕 * Erica Jong, novelist and poet, best known for second-wave feminist work ''Fear of Flying'' (1973) * Roger Kahn, author of ''The Boys of Summer'' (1972) * Jerzy Kosinski, author of ''The Painted Bird'' * Nicole Krauss, best known for her three novels, ''Man Walks Into a Room'' (2002), ''The History of Love'' (2005) and ''Great House'' (2010) * Ewa Kuryluk, author of ''Veil of Veronica'' * Emma Lazarus, poet and novelist〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/lazarus/el2.html )〕 * Fran Lebowitz, author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities〔Lebowitz — () "Jewish figures such as... author Fran Lebowitz"〕 * Harry Levin, literary critic and Joyce scholar *Norman Mailer, novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film maker, actor and political candidate * Bernard Malamud, novelist, won National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize * Cindy Margolis, author of ''Having a Baby... when the Old-fashioned Way Isn't Working, Hope and Help for Everyone Facing Infertility'' * Seymour Martin Lipset, political sociologist 〔''The Economist'', Jan 13, 2007, p.42: "a triple outsider — working-class, Jewish and left-wing"〕 * Leonard Michaels, writer of short stories, novels, and essays * Reggie Nadelson, novelist known particularly for her mystery works * Mark Obama Ndesandjo, author, half-brother of President Barack Obama * Tillie Olsen, first-wave feminist writer, best known for her novella ''Tell Me a Riddle'', title story in a collection of four short stories and winner of the O. Henry Prize in 1961 * Cynthia Ozick, short story writer, novelist, and essayist〔(Articles about Cynthia Ozick ), ''New York Times''〕〔Emma Brockes. ("A life in writing: Cynthia Ozick" ), ''The Guardian'', 2 July 2011〕 * Grace Paley, short story writer and poet; finalist for both National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize * S. J. Perelman, humorist, essayist, screenwriter * Joan Peters, author of ''From Time Immemorial'' * Jodi Picoult, novelist〔''Jewish Chronicle'', April 27, 2007 p.50: "The Jodi Picoult mystery"〕 * Daniel Pinkwater, children's and young adult author * Chaim Potok, author and rabbi * Ayn Rand, novelist and founder of Objectivism〔; ; 〕 * Lea Bayers Rapp,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Lea Bayers Rapp )〕 non-fiction and children's fiction writer * Lev Raphael, memoirist, novelist, short-story writer * Henry Roth, novelist and short story writer * Philip Roth, known for autobiographical fiction that explored Jewish and American identity〔U.S. Department of State, U.S. Life, ("American Prose, 1945–1990: Realism and Experimentation" )〕 * Norman Rosten, novelist〔(Jewish American Writers ), by Gerhard Falk〕 * J.D. Salinger, author of ''The Catcher in the Rye'' * Gary Shteyngart (born 1972), Russian-born writer〔Shteyngart — () "Russian Jewish Author Gary Shteyngart"〕 * Isaac Bashevis Singer, leading figure in Yiddish literature, won Nobel Prize * George Steiner (born 1929), literary critic〔(http://www.jewish-sci-tech-books.com/catalogue/general.htm )〕 * Daniel Stern, novelist〔Lanham, Fritz. ("Fiction Writer was a Cullen Distinguished Professor at UH" ), Houston Chronicle, January 24, 2007.〕 * Louise Stern, novelist and playwright * Jonathan Tropper, novelist〔()〕 * Leopold Tyrmand, writer〔(http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum031903.asp )〕 * Leon Uris (1924-2009), historical novelist * Judith Viorst (born 1932), known for her children's literature〔Viorst — () "Two Jewish children's authors have events of note going on this week. At Pepperdine's Smother's Theatre, see the staged musical adaptation of Judith Viorst's..."〕 *Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894-1993), author of children's books, including the K'tonton stories about the adventures of a thumb-sized boy * Nathanael West, novelist * Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author of 57 books〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elie Wiesel )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Jewish American authors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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