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William H. Gass

American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1924 to 2017 · aged 93

William Howard Gass was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and philosophy professor.

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2017Died6 December 20172015William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAward2013Straelen Translator’s Prize provided by Kunststiftung NRWAward2007Truman Capote Award for Literary CriticismAward2003PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAward2002National Book Critics Circle Award in CriticismAward1996American Book AwardsAwardNational Book Critics Circle Award in CriticismAward1985National Book Critics Circle Award in CriticismAward1924Born30 July 1924

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William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters2015
Straelen Translator’s Prize provided by Kunststiftung NRW2013
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism2007
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay2003
National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism2002
National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism1996
American Book Awards1996
National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism1985
Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

He wrote three novels, three collections of short stories, a collection of novellas, and seven volumes of essays, three of which won National Book Critics Circle Award prizes and one of which, A Temple of Texts (2006), won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. His 1995 novel The Tunnel received the American Book Award. His 2013 novel Middle C won the 2015 William Dean Howells Medal.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
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Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2017 · aged 93

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