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J. F. Powers

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American writer (1917-1999)

United StatesWritersLived 1917 to 1999 · aged 81
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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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1963National Book Award
1963National Book Award for Fiction
Guggenheim Fellowship

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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. His first novel, Morte d'Urban, won the 1963 National Book Award for Fiction.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1917 to 1999 · aged 81
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