- Recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature, 1976.
- Was the first writer to win three National Book Awards (U.S.), for his novels "The Adventures of Augie March" (1954), "Herzog" (1965), and "Mr. Sammler's Planet" (1971).
- Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).
- Daughter, with Janis Bellow, Naomi Rose (b. December 23, 1999).
- His daughter was born when he was 84 years old. His wife, Janis, was in her early 40s.
- Son, with Alexandra Tschacbasov, Adam Bellow.
- Son, with Anita Goshkin, Gregory who is psychoanalyst and author Greg Bellow.
- Son, with Susan Glassman, Daniel.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 132, pp. 32-43. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 33-35. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- His long time friend since Bard College and associate Keith Botsford died on 19 August 2018 in Battersea, England. He was a trilingual writer, an Emeritus Professor at Boston University, author and journalist. He was born in Brussels on 29 March 1928. He co-founded with Bellow 3 literary magazines.
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