America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.
James T. Farrell Quotes
There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.
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| Birth: | 27th February, 1904 |
| Death: | 22nd August, 1979 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist |
About
James Thomas Farrell was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an American novelist. He is most remembered for the Studs Lonigan trilogy, which was made into a film in 1960 and a television series in 1979. He studied at the University of Chicago. He was also active in Trotskyist politics and joined the Socialist Workers Party. He wrote several novels include: Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, Judgment Day, A World I Never Made, No Star Is Lost, Father and Son, My Days of Anger, The Face of Time, The Silence of History, Lonely for the Future, New Year's Eve, 1929 , and The Dunne Family. In 1973, he was awarded the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates.
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