biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1921–77)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in Robinson, Illinois, USA. He studied at the University of Hawaii, then served in the US army as a sergeant (1939–44), boxed as a welterweight in Golden Gloves tournaments, and was awarded a Purple Heart. His wartime experience in Hawaii led to From Here to Eternity (1951), a classic war novel for which he received a National Book Award. Later work was disappointing, with the exception of The Thin Red Line (1962). |
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