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        John Knowles

        nationality

        American

        gender

        Male

        standing

        Minor

        forms

        Novelist

        date of birth

        September 16, 1926

        place of birth

        Fairmont, West Virginia

        date of death

        November 29, 2001

        place of death

        Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

        place of burial

        Unknown

        Rip's Impressions

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        literary tidbits

        Apparently learned much from Thorton Wilder. Yes I took this from his Wikipedia page. There's not much there. He deserves a better Wiki Bio. Any fans? Also says he went to prep school with Gore Vidal, who claims the main character was based on him.

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