Raymond Carver

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essayist human poet screenwriter short story writer

Raymond Carver was an American short story writer and poet renowned for his minimalist, emotionally resonant depictions of working-class life.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → human → poet → screenwriter → short story writer →
awardReceived	Guggenheim Fellowship → National Book Award nomination → Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist →
causeOfDeath	lung cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1938-05-25 →
dateOfDeath	1988-08-02 →
educatedAt	Chico State College → Humboldt State College → Iowa Writers' Workshop →
employer	Syracuse University → University of California, Santa Cruz → University of Texas at El Paso →
familyName	Carver →
genre	poetry → realist fiction → short story →
givenName	Raymond →
hasWritingStyle	minimalist, emotionally restrained prose →
influenced	dirty realism writers → minimalist fiction writers →
influencedBy	Anton Chekhov → Ernest Hemingway → William Faulkner →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	dirty realism → minimalism →
notableWork	A New Path to the Waterfall → Cathedral → Elephant and Other Stories → Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories → Furious Seasons → Ultramarine → What We Talk About When We Talk About Love → Where I'm Calling From → Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? →
occupation	university teacher → writer →
placeOfBirth	Clatskanie, Oregon, United States →
placeOfDeath	Port Angeles, Washington, United States →
primarySubjectOfWork	working-class American life →
residence	Port Angeles, Washington, United States → Yakima, Washington, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Maryann Burk → Tess Gallagher →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ernest Hemingway →	influenced
Iowa Writers' Workshop →	notableAlumni