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H. L. Davis

American novelist and poet (1894-1960) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 66

Harold Lenoir Davis, also known as H. L. Davis, was an American novelist and poet. A native of Oregon, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Honey in the Horn, the only Pulitzer Prize for Literature given to a native Oregonian.

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Awards

Pulitzer Prize for the Novel1936
Guggenheim Fellowship1932

About this person

Later living in California and Texas, he also wrote short stories for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1960 · aged 66