James purdy biography

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    • James Purdy

    American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright (1914-2009)

    For the photographer, see James E. Purdy. For the American scholar of writing and rhetoric, see James Purdy (scholar).

    James Otis Purdy

    Photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1957

    BornJames Otis Purdy
    (1914-07-17)July 17, 1914
    Hicksville, Ohio, U.S.
    DiedMarch 13, 2009(2009-03-13) (aged 94)
    Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
    Occupation
    GenreDrama, poetry, fictional prose

    James Otis Purdy (July 17, 1914 – March 13, 2009) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright who, from his debut in 1956, published over a dozen novels, and many collections of poetry, short stories, and plays. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and in 2013 his short stories were collected in The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy.

    He has been praised by writers as diverse as Edward Albee, James M. Cain, Lillian Hellman, Francis King, Mariann