Thomas Pynchon
American novelist (born 1937)
Summary
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist. He is known for his dense, complex works of postmodern fiction, which are distinguished by their paranoid tone, absurd humor, and references to history, art, science, and popular culture. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists. Pynchon is notoriously reclusive. Few photographs of him have been published, and rumors about his location and identity have circulated since the 1960s.
Originally created by Anatoly Vorobey
10/12/2001, 2:43:14 PM
Modified
6/2/2026, 4:07:57 PM
Recent revisions
/* Education and naval career */ move down
move military infobox into a module in the main one, trying to arrange the images to fix the whitespace issue
added niece to personal life
/* 1970s */ clean up spacing around commas and other punctuation, replaced: , → , , , p. → , p. (11), p.   → p.  (11)
fixing/removing [[:Category:Pages using infobox military person with deprecated parameters|deprecated params]]
/* Other work and activities */ oops, wrong heading
/* Media scrutiny of private life */ this section was a mess, combining several unrelated subjects under a single header. I have reorganized the section, including bringing it under a new "Personal life" and moving some info out into a new "Other work" section. I think this is much more clear
Add Use American English per [[MOS:TIES]]
/* External links */
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Ri5009|Ri5009]] ([[User talk:Ri5009|talk]]): That’s not how it works. You are the one introducing new information.
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1347373595|1347373595]] by [[Special:Contributions/Vladimir.copic|Vladimir.copic]] ([[User talk:Vladimir.copic|talk]]) you take it to talk page, you are edit warring.
Stop adding ephemera to the lead. If you want to move away from status quo take it to the talk page
Dating maintenance tags: {{Moresources}} {{Cn}}
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/* Mason & Dixon */
tweaked; tagged
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1346167639|1346167639]] by [[Special:Contributions/Abaca|Abaca]] ([[User talk:Abaca|talk]]) Removing ephemera cited to primary source.
/* Legacy and influence */ add mention of Pynchon's legacy and influence in 'The End of the Tour'
Reverted edit by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-12898-88|~2026-12898-88]] ([[User talk:~2026-12898-88|talk]]) to last version by A. Randomdude0000
