Clancy Sigal

Clancy Sigal
Clancy Sigal in 2002
Sigal in 2002
Born(1926-09-06)September 6, 1926
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJuly 16, 2017(2017-07-16) (aged 90)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupation(s)Journalist
Screenwriter
Novelist
SpouseJanice Tidwell
Children1
Awards
  • PEN Lifetime Achievement Award
  • National Book Award nominee, Going Away
WebsiteClancySigal.com

Clancy Sigal (September 6, 1926 – July 16, 2017)[1] was an American writer, and the author of dozens of essays and seven books, the best-known of which is the autobiographical novel Going Away (1961).[2]

  1. ^ "Clarence Sigal - Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates". FamilySearch. 6 September 1926.
  2. ^ Roberts, Sam (21 July 2017). "Clancy Sigal, Novelist Whose Life Was a Tale in Itself, Dies at 90". The New York Times.