FILE - In this Nov. 16, 1994, file photo, The National Book Awards prize winning writers, William Gaddis, left, Sherwin B. Nuland, center, and James Tate greet each other after the awards ceremony in New York. Nuland, the author of 1994 National Book Award winner "How We Die," has died at age 83. Nuland died of prostate cancer on Monday, March 3, 2014, at his home in Hamden, said his daughter Amelia Nuland, who recalled how he told her he wasn't ready for death because he loved life. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel, File)