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Born September 16, 1943 • Savannah • Georgia
Died July 27, 2016 (aged 72) • Iowa City • Iowa
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “Gold Coast” • “Hue and Cry”
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Alice Walker
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Winner of a Pulitzer Prize
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Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland
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William Saroyan.
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Ernest Hemingway
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John Updike
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John Cheever
John Cheever
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Willa Cather
Willa Cather
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Saul Bellow
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Michener, James
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Why did Texas seek independence from Mexico?
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