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| wrote "the cask of amontillado" | poe
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| orpaned at 2 and taken in by allens | poe
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| grew up in richmond, VA | poe
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| 1809-1849 | poe
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| married Virginia Clemm-13 yr old cousin | poe
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| dropped out of U of VA (debts) | poe
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| enlisted in army | poe
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| expelled from West Pt (no more help from allens | poe
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| was never fromally adopted | poe
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| wife died at 25 of tuberculosis | poe
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| struggled to support himself through writing and editing- gained control of a magazine but faild | poe
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| planned every single word and detail to contribute toward wanted impression | poe
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| famous for poetry and short stories | poe
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| wrote "the scarlet ibis" | hurst
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| grew up in north carolina | hurst
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| 1922-_____ | hurst
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| went to NC state college | hurst
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| fought in WW2 | hurst
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| went to julliard school | hurst
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| Studied in Rome, Italy for 3 yrs | hurst
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| 1951 wen to NY and started a 34 yr. carreer in Internation dep't of a large bank | hurst
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| during 50's and early 60's he also wrote | hurst
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| famous for short stories and a play | hurst
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| "TSI" 1st appearence was in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960 | hurst
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| he is now retired in NC | hurst
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| Wrote "a mother in manville" | rawlings
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| born in washington dc | rawlings
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| 1896-1953 | rawlings
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| U of wisconsin- worked as journalist | rawlings
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| 1928 bought an orange grove at Cross Creek in FL- became swamplands and backcountry setting for stories | rawlings
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| 1939- won Pulitzer Prize for The Yearling (about a boy and his pet fawn) | rawlings
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| wrote "a summers reading" | malamud
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| born in brooklyn, NY | malamud
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| 1914-1986 | malamud
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| city college of NY | malamud
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| Columbia U | malamud
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| 1952- 1st novel- The Natural | malamud
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| "ASR" from a collection of stories called The Magic Barrel- received the National Book award for fiction in 1959 | malamud
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