Short answers, pulled from the story.
Saul Bellow was born on the 10th of July 1915 in Lachine, Quebec. His family were Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants from Saint Petersburg who moved to Canada before settling in Chicago when he was nine years old.
Saul Bellow suffered from a severe bout of pneumonia at the age of eight that forced him into isolation. This period of bed rest led him to devour books and decide to become a writer after reading Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Saul Bellow attended the University of Chicago before transferring to Northwestern University where he graduated with honors in 1937. He studied anthropology and sociology rather than the literature he secretly desired.
Herzog was the novel that catapulted Saul Bellow to the heights of commercial and critical success when it was published in 1964. The book won the National Book Award for Fiction and established him as a major author.
Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 for his novel Humboldt's Gift. The award recognized his ability to combine rich picaresque storytelling with subtle analysis of culture.