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Born November 27, 1909 • Knoxville • Tennessee
Died May 16, 1955 (aged 45) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize (1963)
Notable Works “A Death in the Family” • “The African Queen” • “The Night of the Hunter”

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