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Born September 13, 1876 • Ohio
Died March 8, 1941 (aged 64) • Colón • Panama
Notable Works “Death in the Woods” • “Horses and Men” • “Triumph of the Egg” • “Winesburg, Ohio”
Movement / Style Chicago literary renaissance

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