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Evan Shelby Connell Jr. (August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013) was a U.S. novelist, short-story writer, essayist and author of epic historical works. He also published under the name Evan S. Connell Jr. In 2009, Connell was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, for lifetime achievement.
Jan 25, 2018 · Connell’s 1969 novel “Mr. Bridge” focuses on the man behind the newspaper, but I’ve never entirely warmed to it. There was also a handsome 1990 Merchant-Ivory film, “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge ...
Jan 14, 2013 · Over a career that spanned more than half a century, Connell, who has died aged 88, avoided the spotlight and shunned academia, but he established himself as a writer's writer.
Evan S. Connell (born August 17, 1924, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.—died January 10, 2013, Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American writer whose works explore philosophical and cultural facets of the American experience.
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Jan 12, 2022 · Evan S. Connell (b. 1924–d. 2013) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up there in a prosperous family with historical ties—reflected in his middle name, Shelby—to Confederate general Jo Shelby.
Jan 10, 2013 · We are sad to learn that Evan Connell has died. An early contributor to The Paris Review, Connell was and is a quiet hero of contemporary literature. His novels Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge have been cited as a crucial influence by writers as different as Lydia Davis, Jonathan Franzen, and Zadie Smith.
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Dec 7, 2021 · In a short story that Evan S. Connell (1924-2013) wrote early in his long literary career, a traveler has come home to a place much like Kansas City and is describing to a group of old friends the sights he saw over the previous 10 years.
