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Also Known As	John Clendennin Burne Hawkes, Jr.
Born	August 17, 1925 • Stamford • Connecticut
Died	May 15, 1998 (aged 72) • Providence • Rhode Island
Notable Works	“Adventures in the Alaskan Skin Trade” • “An Irish Eye” • “Humors of Blood & Skin: A John Hawkes Reader” • “Lunar Landscapes” • “Second Skin” • “Sweet William: A Memoir of Old Horse” • “The Blood Oranges ” • “The Lime Twig” • “The Passion Artist” • “Travesty” • “Whistlejacket”
Movement / Style	postmodernism