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===Centenary=== [[File:Bernard Malamud The Natural signed copy.jpg|thumb|A signed copy of Malamud's book ''The Natural'' held by Oregon State University.<ref name="Signed copy of the Natural OSU">{{cite web|title=Inscribed, first-edition copy of acclaimed novel, 'The Natural', donated to OSU|url=http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2009/sep/inscribed-first-edition-copy-acclaimed-novel-%E2%80%9C-natural%E2%80%9D-donated-osu|publisher=[[Oregon State University]]|access-date=5 May 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603175408/http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2009/sep/inscribed-first-edition-copy-acclaimed-novel-%E2%80%9C-natural%E2%80%9D-donated-osu|url-status=live}}</ref>]] There were numerous tributes and celebrations marking the [[centenary]] of Malamud's birth (April 26, 1914).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.92y.org/Event/Bernard-Malamud-at-100.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140422224304/http://www.92y.org/Event/Bernard-Malamud-at-100.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-04-22|title=Bernard Malamud at 100|work=92Y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://centerforfiction.org/calendar/bernard-malamud-tribute|title=Bernard Malamud Tribute, Thursday May 1, 2014 (video)|work=Center for Fiction|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426125257/http://www.centerforfiction.org/calendar/bernard-malamud-tribute|archive-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref> To commemorate the centenary, Malamud's current publisher (who still keeps most of Malamud's work in print) published on-line (through their blog) some of the "Introductions" to these works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsgworkinprogress.com/category/bernard-malamud-centenary/|title=Bernard Malamud Centenary - Work in Progress|work=Work in Progress|access-date=2014-04-22|archive-date=2014-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425072830/http://www.fsgworkinprogress.com/category/bernard-malamud-centenary/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Oregon State University]] announced that they would be celebrating the 100th birthday "of one of its most-recognized faculty members" (Malamud taught there from 1949 to 1961).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2014/apr/osu-celebrate-100th-birthday-former-faculty-member-bernard-malamud|title=OSU to celebrate 100th birthday of former faculty member Bernard Malamud - News & Research Communications - Oregon State University|access-date=2014-04-22|archive-date=2014-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808214536/http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2014/apr/osu-celebrate-100th-birthday-former-faculty-member-bernard-malamud|url-status=live}}</ref> Media outlets also joined in the celebration. Throughout March, April, and May 2014 there were many Malamud stories and articles on blogs, in newspapers (both print and on-line), and on the radio. Many of these outlets featured reviews of Malamud's novels and stories, editions of which have recently been issued by the [[Library of America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303730804579435001129600812|title=Book Review: Library of America's Bernard Malamud volumes|author=James Campbell|date=21 March 2014|work=WSJ|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309000153/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303730804579435001129600812|url-status=live}}</ref> There were also many tributes and appreciations from fellow writers and surviving family members. Some of the more prominent of these kinds of tributes included those from Malamud's daughter, from Malamud's biographer Philip Davis,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artsfuse.org/102166/fuse-interview-jewish-american-writer-bernard-malamud-at-100-appreciating-the-beauty-of-the-ethical/|title=Fuse Interview: Jewish-American Writer Bernard Malamud at 100 β Appreciating the Beauty of the Ethical|date=23 March 2014|access-date=22 April 2014|archive-date=3 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703185921/http://artsfuse.org/102166/fuse-interview-jewish-american-writer-bernard-malamud-at-100-appreciating-the-beauty-of-the-ethical/|url-status=live}}</ref> and from fellow novelist and short story writer [[Cynthia Ozick]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ozick|first=Cynthia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/books/review/library-of-americas-bernard-malamud-collections.html?_r=1|title=Judging the World: Library of America's Bernard Malamud Collections|work=The New York Times|date=March 13, 2014|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322022308/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/books/review/library-of-americas-bernard-malamud-collections.html?_r=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Other prominent writers who gathered for readings and tributes included [[Tobias Wolff]], [[Edward P. Jones]], and [[Lorrie Moore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.penfaulkner.org/2015/02/09/episode-40-the-legacy-of-bernard-malamud/|title=Episode 40 β The Legacy of Bernard Malamud {{!}} PEN / Faulkner|website=www.penfaulkner.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-21|archive-date=2018-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318220045/http://www.penfaulkner.org/2015/02/09/episode-40-the-legacy-of-bernard-malamud/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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