Background
- Born in
- New Orleans
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityTulane UniversityTulane University School of Liberal ArtsAlcee Fortier High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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"When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life."
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Timeline
1937
Born
Birth1969
Died
Death
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