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Alexander Theroux | |
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| Born | Alexander Louis Theroux 1939 (age 84–85) Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Virginia |
| Period | 1972–present |
| Notable works | Darconville's Cat (1981) |
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Alexander Louis Theroux (born 1939) is an American novelist and poet. He is known for his novel Darconville's Cat (1981), which was selected by Anthony Burgess for his book-length essay Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English Since 1939 – A Personal Choice in 1984 and by Larry McCaffery for his 20th Century's Greatest Hits list.[1]
He was awarded the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction in 1991 and the Clifton Fadiman Medal for Fiction in 2002 by the Mercantile Library in New York City. He is the brother of novelist Paul Theroux and writer/translator Peter Theroux as well as the uncle of documentarian Louis Theroux, novelist Marcel Theroux, and actor Justin Theroux.
- ^ "Larry McCafferys 20th Century Greatest Hits". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-03-21.