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  1. Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". [1]

  2. Jan 10, 2023 · American novelist and activist Russell Banks died on Sunday of cancer at the age of 82. Banks built an A-list literary career writing about working-class families and immigrants who struggle on...

  3. Jan 8, 2023 · Russell Banks, whose vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling with issues of poverty, race and class placed him among the first ranks of contemporary novelists, died on Sunday at his...

  4. Jan 8, 2023 · Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the...

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  6. Jan 13, 2023 · Russell Banks, the author whose bestselling books include "Affliction," "Continental Drift" and "The Sweet Hereafter," died of cancer Sunday. He was 82 years old. Banks was born in 1940 and grew...

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  7. Jan 10, 2023 · Russell Banks, a writer who drew from his own meager upbringing to explore the tragedy and dignity of working-class life in novels and short stories that were among the most celebrated works of...

  8. Jan 8, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the radical abolitionist John Brown in “Cloudsplitter,” has ...

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