William Maxwell
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 24 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 16,1908 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Lincoln |
| Illinois | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | July 31,2000 |
| Died | New York |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Emily Gilman Noyes |
| Parents | Eva Blossom Blinn Maxwell |
| William Keepers Maxwell | |
| Children | Emily Maxwell |
| Katherine Maxwell | |
| Awards | John Newbery Medal |
| PEN/Malamud Award | |
| National Book Award for Fiction (Paperback) | |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction | |
| Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Ambassador Book Award for Fiction | |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Books | So Long, See You Tomorrow |
| Edited works | The Garden and the Wilderness |
| The Penguin Guide to Ireland 1991 | |
| Letters | |
| Thinking, the Expanding Frontier | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 415455 |
William Maxwell Life story
William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975. An editor devoted to his writers, Maxwell became a mentor and confidant to many authors.
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