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(1914-2009) Writer. James Purdy was born in Hicksville, Ohio, and died in Englewood, New Jersey. He lived in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York.

Full Name

James Purdy

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Purdy lived in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York.

1914

BIRTH

James Otis Purdy was born in Hicksville, Ohio, in 1914.

1957

LITWORK

Color Of Darkness
New Directions Press.

Collection of stories and a novella.

1959

LITWORK

Malcolm
Farrar, Straus & Cudahy.

Novel.

1960

LITWORK

The Nephew
New York: Farrar.

Novel.

1962

LITWORK

Children Is All


Collection of stories and short plays.

1964

LITWORK

Cabot Wright Begins
New York: Farrar.

Novel.

1967

LITWORK

Eustace Chisholm And The Works
New York: Farrar.

Novel.

1970

LITWORK

Jeremy's Version
New York: Doubleday.

Novel. Part One of "Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys."

1974

LITWORK

The House Of The Solitary Maggot
New York: Doubleday.

Novel. Part Two of "Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys."

1981

LITWORK

Mourners Below
New York: Viking.

Novel. Part Three of "Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys."

1984

LITWORK

On Glory's Course
New York: Viking.

Novel.

2009

DEATH

James Purdy died in Englewood, New Jersey, in 2009.

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