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Randall Kenan

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1963 to 2020 · aged 57

Randall Kenan - American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and his collection of stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead named a New York Times Notable Book in 1992, and The Fire This Time. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and the John Dos Passos Prize.

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2020Died28 August 20202005North Carolina Award for LiteratureAward1997Rome PrizeAward1992Lambda Literary AwardAward1963Born12 March 1963

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Awards

North Carolina Award for Literature2005
Rome Prize1997
Lambda Literary Award1992
Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1963 to 2020 · aged 57