Evan S. Connell
1924
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2013
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Dartmouth College, Stanford University, Columbia University, University of Kansas, Southwest Early College Campus, Southwest High School
occupation: novelist, writer, poet, biographer
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship
Evan Shelby Connell Jr. (August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013) was a U.S. novelist, short-story writer, essayist and author of epic historical works. He also published under the name Evan S. Connell Jr. In 2009, Connell was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, for lifetime achievement. On April 23, 2010, he was awarded a Los Angeles Times Book Prize: the Robert Kirsch Award, for "a living author with a substantial connection to the American West, whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition." Source: Wikipedia (en)
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