James Michener

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Pulitzer Prize winner human non-fiction writer novelist short story writer

James Michener was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his meticulously researched, epic historical novels such as "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pulitzer Prize winner → human → non-fiction writer → novelist → short story writer →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom → Pulitzer Prize for Fiction → St. Louis Literary Award →
birthName	James Albert Michener →
causeOfDeath	kidney failure →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1907-02-03 →
dateOfDeath	1997-10-16 →
educatedAt	Swarthmore College → University of Northern Colorado →
employer	Macmillan Publishers → Random House → University of Texas at Austin →
familyName	Michener →
fieldOfWork	American literature → historical narrative →
gender	male →
genre	epic fiction → historical fiction →
givenName	James →
hasSignatureWorkAdaptation	South Pacific (1958 film) → South Pacific (musical) →
influenced	historical epic genre in American literature →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
name	James A. Michener →
notableFor	meticulously researched historical novels →
notableWork	Alaska → Caribbean → Centennial → Chesapeake → Hawaii → Iberia → Poland → Return to Paradise → Space → Tales of the South Pacific → Texas → The Covenant → The Source →
occupation	author → editor → teacher →
philanthropy	major donations to educational institutions → support for arts and writing programs →
placeOfBirth	Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Austin, Texas, United States →
residence	Austin, Texas, United States → Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States →
spouse	Mari Yoriko Sabusawa → Patti Koon → Vange Nord →
writingStyle	extensive historical background → multi-generational sagas →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles D. Michener ("Michener") → James A. Michener ("Michener") →	familyName
James A. Michener ("James Albert Michener") →	birthName
James A. Michener ("James A. Michener") →	name
Random House →	notableAuthorPublished