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James Purdy

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Writer (1914-2009)

United StatesWritersLived 1914 to 2009 · aged 94
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James Otis Purdy was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright who, from his debut in 1956, published over a dozen novels, and many collections of poetry, short stories, and plays.

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1958Guggenheim Fellowship

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Tom HarperAlso in In a Shallow Grave (1988)

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James Otis Purdy was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright who, from his debut in 1956, published over a dozen novels, and many collections of poetry, short stories, and plays. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and in 2013 his short stories were collected in The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1914 to 2009 · aged 94
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