Walter Abish: Quick Facts

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Born	December 24, 1931 • Vienna • Austria
Died	May 28, 2022 (aged 90) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	PEN/Faulkner Award (1981)
Notable Works	“99: The New Meaning” • “Alphabetical Africa” • “Double Vision” • “Duel Site” • “Eclipse Fever” • “How German Is It/Wie Deutsch ist es” • “In the Future Perfect”

Sherman Alexie, 2007

Sherman Alexie

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

Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

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Jessamyn West

American writer

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Larry Woiwode

American author

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Reynolds Price

American writer

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Michael Rumaker

American author

Ha Jin

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

John Updike

John Updike

American author

Annie Proulx seated on a red leather sofa, wearing glasses, a black jacket, and a white shirt, looking toward the camera.

Annie Proulx

American author

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Tobias Wolff

American author

Richard Ford

Richard Ford

American author

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Chaim Grade

Yiddish author

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer

Herman Melville

Herman Melville

American author

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

American author

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

American writer

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Tillie Olsen

American author

Master of the macabre

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer

Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

American author

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry