Verlyn Klinkenborg, Writer
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The writer, Verlyn Klinkenborg as a member of the New York Times editorial board helps to make decisions regarding the newspaper as a whole and writes editorials about issues affecting the nation. Klinkenborg won the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award for 'The Last Fine Time' in 1991 which is an evocative story detailing the immigrant experience.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Jeffrey Eugnides, writer
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Jeffrey Eugenide's second book, Middlesex (2002) won him the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Ironically his earlier days were spent working as a taxi driver and a bus boy at a Greek restaurant to save enough money to travel and complete his education.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
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Kahn, Roger
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The work of Roger Kahn, born in 1927, journalist and novelist, is described, with focus on his writing about baseball. His best-known work is "The Boys of Summer", published in 1972.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2000
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