Which American author was chosen as the Nobel laureate in October 1976?
The Dean's December: The Dean's December is a 1982 novel by the American author Saul Bellow. The Dean's December:  The first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976, it is set in Chicago and Bucharest. Nobel Prize in Literature:  The academy announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October.
Saul Bellow