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Leonard Gardner (born 3 November 1933) is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Esquire, The Southwest Review, and other publications, and he has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. [1]
Feb 6, 2019 · Leonard Gardner, the author of Fat City, a classic novel about two boxers in Stockton, California, talks about his inspiration, his experience, and his adaptation by John Huston. Read the interview with David Lida in The Paris Review.
Fat City is a novel by Leonard Gardner published in 1969. It is his only novel. Its prestige has grown since its publication, due to critical acclaim from Joan Didion and Walker Percy, among others. Denis Johnson cites it as a major influence on his writing. The book is widely considered a classic of boxing fiction.
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Leonard Gardner was a graduate student in creative writing at San Francisco State when he began the four-year process of creating Fat City. He had grown up and fought as an amateur boxer in ...
Leonard Gardner. Born. in Stockton, California, The United States. November 03, 1933. Genre. Fiction. edit data. Leonard Gardner is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Esquire, The Southwest Review, and other publications, and he has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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May 30, 2017 · Leonard Gardner was born and raised in Stockton. His father, originally from Texas, was a postal inspector with an office in a stately, muraled federal building downtown. His mother, an ...
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Jan 24, 2017 · First published in 1969, and set a decade earlier, Fat City is Leonard Gardner’s only novel. He has written short stories good enough for the Paris Review – which means very good indeed – as ...
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