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Jessamyn West

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American author (1902-1984)

United StatesWritersLived 1902 to 1984 · aged 81
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Mary Jessamyn West was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 and Whittier College in 1923. There she helped found the Palmer Society in 1921. D) degree from Whittier College in 1946.

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1975Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize

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Mary Jessamyn West was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 and Whittier College in 1923. There she helped found the Palmer Society in 1921. She received an honorary Doctor of Letters (Litt.D) degree from Whittier College in 1946. She received the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in 1975.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1902 to 1984 · aged 81
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