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Walter Abish

Austrian-American author · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1931 to 2022 · aged 90

Walter Abish was an Austrian-born American author of experimental novels and short stories. He was conferred the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 1981 and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship six years later.

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Awards

MacArthur Fellows Program1987
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction1981
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2022 · aged 90