Hamlin Garland

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Hamlin Garland was an American author best known for his realistic portrayals of Midwestern farm life and his influential role in the development of regionalist, or local color, fiction.

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instanceOf American regionalist writer
author
essayist
human
memoirist
novelist
short story writer
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
awardReceivedFor A Daughter of the Middle Border
awardReceivedYear 1922
burialPlace Nashotah, Wisconsin, United States
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1860-09-14
dateOfDeath 1940-03-04
educatedAt Boston University
Cedar Valley Seminary
familyName Garland
fullName Hannibal Hamlin Garland
genre realistic fiction
regional fiction
short stories
givenName Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
surface form: Hannibal
influenced American regionalist literature
American Regionalism
surface form: Midwestern realism
influencedBy Henry George
William Dean Howells
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters
movement local color
realism
regionalism
notableWork A Daughter of the Middle Border
A Son of the Middle Border
Main-Travelled Roads
Prairie Folks
Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly
occupation critic
lecturer
writer
placeOfBirth West Salem, Wisconsin, United States
placeOfDeath Hollywood, California, United States
politicalView supporter of agrarian reform
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States
sibling Isabel Garland Lord
spouse Zulime Taft
subjectOf realistic portrayals of Midwestern farm life
writingStyle psychological realism
social realism

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