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Also Known As Albert Horton Foote
Born March 14, 1916 • Texas
Died March 4, 2009 (aged 92) • Hartford • Connecticut
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize (1995) • Academy Award (1984) • Academy Award (1963)
Notable Works “Of Mice and Men” • “Tender Mercies” • “The Travelling Lady” • “The Trip to Bountiful” • “The Trip to Bountiful” • “To Kill a Mockingbird”

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