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Jean Stafford

American author (1915-1979) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 63

Jean Stafford was an American short story writer and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970.

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1979Died26 March 19791970Pulitzer Prize for FictionAward1955O. Henry AwardAward1945Guggenheim FellowshipAward1915Born1 July 1915

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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1970
O. Henry Award1955
Guggenheim Fellowship1945

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1979 · aged 63

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