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J. F. Powers
American writer (1917-1999) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 81
James Farl Powers was an American novelist and short story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic priests in the Midwest. Although not a priest himself, he is known for having captured a "clerical idiom" in postwar North America.
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Awards
About this person
His first novel, Morte d'Urban, won the 1963 National Book Award for Fiction.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1999 · aged 81
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