O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 40 (1960) Winner
Lawrence Sargent Hall
ローレンス・サージェント・ホール
Rōrensu Sājento Hōru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-00-00
- Died
- 1993-00-00 age 78
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brunswick, Maine
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Professor of English
- Active Years
- 1943-1993
- Affiliations
- Bowdoin College, Yale University, Deerfield Academy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowdoin College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Yale University | — | English | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Bowdoin College
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1936
Country:
United States
Yale University
English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1941
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | O. Henry Prize | The Ledge | Short story | — | First place |
| 1962 | William Faulkner Award | Stowaway | Best debut novel | — | Winner |
O. Henry Prize
1960
Work:
The Ledge
Category:
Short story
Result:
First place
William Faulkner Award
1962
Work:
Stowaway
Category:
Best debut novel
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Ledge
1959 Short storyA short story that won first place in the O. Henry Prize.
NatureHuman condition
Stowaway
1961 NovelDebut novel that received the William Faulkner Award.
AdventureSurvival
Hawthorne: Critic of Society
1943 CriticismCriticism on Hawthorne.
Bibliography
- Hawthorne: Critic of Society (1943)
- The Ledge (1959)
- Stowaway (1961)
- How Thinking Is Written (1963)
- Seeing And Describing (1966)
- A Grammar of Literary Criticism (2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise style
- Recurring Motifs
- Descriptions of nature
Legacy
American author and professor known for winning the O. Henry Prize and William Faulkner Award. Advocate for arts in Maine.
Archives
- Bowdoin College Library
Trivia
- His short story 'The Ledge' has appeared in more than 30 anthologies.