John Edward Williams
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John Edward Williams (1922 - 1994) was a Texan teacher and writer best known for his novel Augustus.
Born in Clarksville, near the Red River east of Paris, Texas and brought up in Texas, Williams was educated at the University of Denver[1], and later at the University of Missouri after his U.S. Air Force service during World War II.
He taught at the University of Denver for some 30 years.
Williams' second novel, Stoner, published in 1965, is rarely heard of outside academic circles, where, however, it was well appreciated. His fourth novel, Augustus: A Novel won the National Book Award in 1973[2] and remains in print.
Williams died in 1994 after a career of teaching and writing novels and poetry.
[edit] Bibliography
- Nothing but the Night
- Stoner (1965)
- Butcher's Crossing
- Augustus: A Novel
- The Necessary Lie: (Verb poetry series, v. 2)
- The Broken Landscape: Poems
[edit] References
- ^ Chancellor. DU Alumni — At Work in the World. University of Denver. Retrieved on 2006-09-13.
- ^ National Book Award Winners: Fiction/Hardback. List of Bests. Retrieved on 2006-09-13.
