Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2009
- Works
- 124
Top works
- Understanding fiction -- Second Edition
- The Other Persuasion
- Malcolm
- The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume Three
- In the hollow of his hand
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Film & TV
Hicksville, Ohio, USA
James Otis Purdy (July 17, 1914 – March 13, 2009) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright who, from his debut in 1956, published over a dozen novels, and many collections of poetry, short stories, and plays. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and in 2013 his short stories were collected in The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy. He has been…
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 210
James Purdy Dabbles in Mashups and Remixes, only having produced one album so far named Crash-Test Mash-Ups <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Purdy">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fremont
- Place of death
- Englewood
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Lawrence University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Van Vechten, Carl - Portrait of writer James Purdy (1957).jpg
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- Commons category
- James Purdy
- date of birth
- 1914-07-17
- date of death
- 2009-03-13
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- PEN America
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
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