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Ben Ames Williams (March 7, 1889 – February 4, 1953) was an American novelist and writer of short stories; he wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. Among his novels are Come Spring (1940), Leave Her to Heaven (1944) House Divided (1947), and The Unconquered (1953).
- Penelope Ann, Roger Chilton (Dartmouth, Class of `36), Ben Ames, Jr. (Dartmouth, Class of `38)
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- Florence Trafton Talpey (1912–1953)
Williams is probably best known for the film adaptations of his novels, such as Leave Her to Heaven (1945) and All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953). He died of a heart attack in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1953.
- Writer
- March 7, 1889
- Ben Ames Williams
- February 4, 1953
Sep 18, 2018 · Mississippi-born and Dartmouth-educated Ben Ames Williams published 38 novels and nearly 400 short stories in his lifetime, many of the latter appearing in The Saturday Evening Post. His stories were adapted into movies like The Strange Woman with Hedy Lamarr and Adventure’s End , starring John Wayne.
Biography of Ben Ames Williams, a Mississippi novelist and short story writer, from Macon, Mississippi.
Ben Ames Williams has 89 books on Goodreads with 5217 ratings. Ben Ames Williams’s most popular book is Leave Her to Heaven.
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Ben Ames Williams. Writer: Leave Her to Heaven. American short-story writer and novelist Ben Ames Williams was born in Macon, Mississippi, in 1889. Shortly afterwards his father, a newspaperman, bought the "Jackson Standard Journal" in Jackson, Ohio, and the family moved there.
Ben Ames Williams was born in Macon, Mississippi to Daniel Webster Williams and Sarah Marshall Ames on March 7, 1889. Just after his birth, he and his parents moved to Jackson, Ohio. Because his father was owner and editor of the Jackson Standard Journal in Ohio, Ben Williams grew up around writing, printing, and editing.
