John Gardner
1933
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1982

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: writer, translator, novelist, essayist, non-fiction writer, literary critic, children's writer, journalist, biographer
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
John Champlin Gardner Jr. (July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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