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Wright Morris


USA flag (1910 - 1998)

Long regarded as one of the most gifted American writers, WRIGHT MORRIS was the author of over thirty-three award-winning books, among them the National Book Award in 1956 for his novel A Field of Vision. Morris and his wife, Josephine Mary Kantor, made their home in Mill Valley, California. He was born in Central City, Nebraska on January 6, 1910 and died in April 1998.
 
 
Novels
   My Uncle Dudley (1942)
   The Man Who Was There (1945)
   The World in the Attic (1949)
   Man and Boy (1951)
   The Deep Sleep (1953)
   The Huge Season (1954)
   The Field of Vision (1956)
   Love Among Cannibals (1957)
   Ceremony in Lone Tree (1961)
   The Territory Ahead (1961)
   Cause for Wonder (1963)
   One Day (1965)
   In Orbit (1967)
   Fire Sermon (1971)
   A Life (1973)
   The Fork River Space Project (1977)
   War Games (1978)
   What a Way to Go (1979)
   Plains Song (1980)
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Collections
   The Works of Love (poems) (1951)
   Here Is Einbaum (1973)
   Real Losses, Imaginary Gains (1976)
   Collected Stories, 1948-1986 (1986)
   Three Easy Pieces (1993)
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Anthologies containing stories by Wright Morris
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The Best American Short Stories 1985 (1985)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Gail Godwin and Shannon Ravenel
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The Best American Short Stories 1984 (1984)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Shannon Ravenel and John Updike

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Awards
National Book Award for Fiction Best Book winner (1957) : The Field of Vision
National Book Award for Fiction Best Book winner (1981) : Plains Song




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