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Born July 8, 1929 • New Orleans • Louisiana
Died August 3, 2020 (aged 91) • Louisiana
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize (1965)
Notable Works “Evidence of Love” • “Nine Women” • “Selected Stories” • “The Black Prince, and Other Stories” • “The Condor Passes” • “The House on Coliseum Street” • “The Keepers of the House” • “The Wind Shifting West”
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