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James Gould Cozzens

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American novelist (1903-1978)

United StatesWritersLived 1903 to 1978 · aged 74
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James Gould Cozzens was a Pulitzer prize-winning American writer whose work enjoyed an unusual degree of popular success and critical acclaim for more than three decades.

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1960William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1936O. Henry Award

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James Gould Cozzens was a Pulitzer prize-winning American writer whose work enjoyed an unusual degree of popular success and critical acclaim for more than three decades. His 1949 Pulitzer win was for the WWII race novel Guard of Honor, which more than one critic considered one of the most important accounts of the war. His 1957 Pulitzer nomination was for the best-selling novel By Love Possessed, which was later made into a popular 1961 film.

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United States
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1903 to 1978 · aged 74
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