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Born May 27, 1912 • Quincy • Massachusetts
Died June 18, 1982 (aged 70) • Ossining • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • National Book Award (1958)
Notable Works “Falconer” • “The Enormous Radio” • “The Swimmer” • “The Wapshot Chronicle”

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