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William Goyen. Charles William Goyen (April 24, 1915 – August 30, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, editor, and teacher. Born in a small town in East Texas, these roots would influence his work for his entire life. In World War II he served as an officer aboard an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific ...
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Aug 31, 1983 · William Goyen, an acclaimed novelist and short story writer whose prose was considered lyrical and visionary, died yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles of leukemia. He was 68 years ...
Jun 18, 2015 · William Goyen is a unique and lonely figure in American literature. Though praised and recognized as a remarkable talent, particularly early in his career, he never felt welcome in the literary world. When asked in 1975 if he saw himself as part of the writing generation that included William Styron, Truman Capote, and Norman Mailer, he ...
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William Goyen was born a hundred years ago in the small town of Trinity, in East Texas, and the country people of his youth kept speaking to him long after he left the country.
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Born. in The United States. April 24, 1915. Died. August 30, 1983. edit data. Charles William Goyen was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, editor, and teacher. Born in a small town in East Texas, these roots would influence his work for his entire life. In World War II he served as an officer aboard an aircraft carrier ...
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Charles William Goyen (April 24, 1915 – August 30, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, editor, and teacher. Born in a small town in East Texas, these roots would influence his work for his entire life.
Sep 23, 2016 · Texas author William Goyen, who died in 1983 at the age of 68, is often an afterthought in discussions of Lone Star literature. But a new biography by the University of Denver’s Clark Davis ...
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