James Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, the son of a county agricultural agent. He was blinded in one eye in childhood. His father and sister died in a car accident when he was 21. He attended Michigan State University and received a B.A. in 1960 and an M.A in 1964 in Comparative Literature. After working as an assistant professor of English at State University of New York, Stony Brook, he became a full-time writer.
Jim Harrison
×CloseAmerican poet, novelist, and essayist (1937–2016)
Born | 11 December 1937 |
Died | 26 March 2016 |
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Jim Harrison
×CloseAmerican poet, novelist, and essayist (1937–2016)
Born | 11 December 1937 |
Died | 26 March 2016 |
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Fiction, Fiction, general, Michigan, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, short stories (single author), Social life and customs, Large type books, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Families, Family, Fiction, psychological, Man-woman relationships, Romans, nouvelles, American Authors, American poetry, Authors, biography, Biography, Brothers, Cults, Fiction, sagas, Indians, Life change events, Men, Middle-aged men, Mixed descentPlaces
Michigan, United States, Upper Peninsula (Mich.), Nebraska, Montana, Upper Peninsula, Amérique, Key West, Supérieure, Péninsule (Mich.), West (U.S.)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL3487881A
- ISNI: 0000000108585515
- VIAF: 73854596
- Wikidata: Q3178822
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q3178822
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