biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1922–98)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in New York City, USA. He studied at Harvard, then worked as a freelance speech and scriptwriter before making his mark with the novel The Recognitions (1955), a complex story using experimental language, which drew acclaim from some quarters and incomprehension from others. A radical satirist, he was one of America's most prominent contemporary novelists; his other works include JR (1976), Carpenter's Gothic (1985), and A Frolic of His Own (1993). |
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