biography
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Caldwell, Erskine (Preston)
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pronunciation:
[kawldwel]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1903–87)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in White Oak, Georgia, USA. In his early years he was a Hollywood screenwriter and foreign correspondent. His first novels, Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933), were widely banned for obscenity, but they created an enduring portrait of ‘white trash’, and encouraged others to write frankly about the South they knew. He produced 50 volumes of fiction, travel writing, and memoirs, but his literary reputation declined with later works. He collaborated on several books with his wife, photographer Margaret Bourke-White. |
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