Herman Wouk

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Born	May 27, 1915 • New York City • New York
Died	May 17, 2019 (aged 103) • Palm Springs • California
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“A Hole in Texas” • “Marjorie Morningstar” • “Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-old Author” • “The Caine Mutiny” • “The Lawgiver”

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

American writer

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair

American novelist

N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday

American author

Winner of a Pulitzer Prize

Annie Proulx

American author

Saul Bellow

American author

Michener, James

James Michener

American author

Jane Smiley

American author

Oscar Hijuelos

American author

Richard Ford

Richard Ford

American author

Ellen Glasgow, miniature by an unknown artist; in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society.

Ellen Glasgow

American author

MacKinlay Kantor

American author

Anne Rice

Anne Rice

American author

Merwin, W.S.

W.S. Merwin

American poet

Connelly, Marc

Marc Connelly

American playwright

Hamlin Garland

Hamlin Garland

American writer

William Saroyan.

William Saroyan

American author

Paul Horgan

American author

Jimmy Breslin

American columnist and novelist

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

American author