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Thomas Pynchon
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Born
May 8
,
1937
·
Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Birth name
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr.
Height
5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Mini Bio
Thomas Pynchon was born on May 8, 1937 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for
Inherent Vice (2014)
,
Prüfstand VII (2002)
and
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. (2002)
. He has been married to Melanie Jackson since 1991. They have one child.
Family
Spouse
Melanie Jackson
(1991 - present) (1 child)
Trivia
For his "appearance" on
The Simpsons (1989)
, he was depicted with a paper bag over his head.
Famously reclusive - all known photos of him date from the early 1950s.
The mysterious Yoyodyne corporation that appears in or in The Crying of Lot 49 and V. has appeared, often as references and in-jokes, in various TV series and movies, such as
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
(as manufactors of starship parts),
More Changes (1995)
,
Angel (1999)
,
Silicon Valley (2014)
and
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
.
Uncle of
Tristan Taormino
.
Attended lectures by
Vladimir Nabokov
while an undergraduate at Cornell University, to the extend that Nabokov's wife Vera Evseevna Slonim claimed she recognized his writing style in the essays Nabokov corrected.
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