Russell Banks

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Russell Banks was an acclaimed American novelist and short story writer known for his powerful explorations of working-class life, moral struggle, and the darker facets of the American experience.

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instanceOf essayist
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novelist
short story writer
awardReceived Anisfield-Wolf Book Award NERFINISHED
John Dos Passos Prize for Literature NERFINISHED
O. Henry Award NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1940-03-28
dateOfDeath 2023-01-07
educatedAt University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NERFINISHED
familyName Banks NERFINISHED
genre literary fiction
realist fiction
givenName Russell NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement contemporary literature
name Russell Banks NERFINISHED
nominatedFor PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED
notableWork Affliction NERFINISHED
Cloudsplitter NERFINISHED
Continental Drift NERFINISHED
Lost Memory of Skin NERFINISHED
Rule of the Bone NERFINISHED
The Darling NERFINISHED
The Sweet Hereafter NERFINISHED
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occupation novelist
poet
professor
screenwriter
short story writer
placeOfBirth Newton, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Saratoga Springs, New York, United States NERFINISHED
residence Keene, New York, United States NERFINISHED
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Chase Twichell NERFINISHED
taughtAt Colgate University NERFINISHED
New York University NERFINISHED
Princeton University NERFINISHED
workAdaptedTo film "Affliction" NERFINISHED
film "The Sweet Hereafter" NERFINISHED
writingStyle depiction of darker facets of American experience
exploration of working-class life
focus on moral struggle

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The Sweet Hereafter basedOnAuthor Russell Banks