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Also Known As Harold Lenoir Davis
Born October 18, 1896 • Oregon
Died October 31, 1960 (aged 64) • San Antonio • Texas
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “Honey in the Horn”
Willa Cather
Willa Cather
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William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American author
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
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John Updike
John Updike
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Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
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James Agee
American author
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Carol Shields
American author
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
American poet and educator
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
Annie Dillard leans on a wooden desk inside her writing shed, surrounded by papers and books, with an open door revealing trees outside in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Annie Dillard
American writer
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
American author and activist
Conrad Aiken.
Conrad Aiken
American writer
William Carlos Williams, wearing glasses and a bow tie, sits indoors holding a book with bookshelves and cabinets in the background, circa 1955.
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
American poet and historian
Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov
American writer
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Phyllis McGinley
American poet
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Stephen Vincent Benét
American writer

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