James Gould Cozzens
James Gould Cozzens (born August 19, 1903 in Chicago , Illinois , † August 9, 1978 in Stuart , Florida ) was an American writer who won not only the O. Henry Prize , but also the Pulitzer Prize .
biography
After attending the Kent School in Kent from 1916 to 1922, he began studying at Harvard University , which he had to end prematurely in 1924.
Immediately afterwards he began his writing activity and in 1924 published his debut novel, Confusion . The novellas Cockpit (1928), The Son of Perdition (1929) and SS San Pedro (1931) as well as the novels A Farewell to Cuba (1931), The Last Adam (1933), Castaway (1934) and Men and were published in the following years Brethren (1936).
He had a greater success with his book Total Stranger , for which he received the O. Henry Prize in 1936. In the following years he published with Ask Me Tomorrow (1940) and The Just and the Unjust (1942) two more novels before he during the Second World War, his military service in the US Army Air Corps made. In 1943 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
After the war he resumed his writing activities and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Novels in 1949 for Guard of Honor (1948) , making him only the second winner in this category after James A. Michener .
In 1957 his novel By Love Possessed was published , which was awarded the William Dean Howells Medal in 1960 . After the collection of short stories Children and Others (1964) appeared with Morning, Noon and Night (1968), A Flower in Her Hair (1974) and A Rope for Dr. Webster (1976) three other novels. His last work was Just Representations: A James Gould Cozzens Reader (1978) .
Background literature
- Matthew J. Bruccoli : James Gould Cozzens. A Life Apart , biography (1983)
Web links and sources
- James Gould Cozzens in nndb (English)
- Biography (Pennsylvania State University)
- Biography (Internet Accuracy Project)
- Biography (eNotes.com)
- Biography (Fantastic Fiction)
- Chambers Biographical Dictionary, p. 369, Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Members: James Gould Cozzens. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed February 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cozzens, James Gould |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1978 |
| Place of death | Stuart , Florida , United States |