John Knowles
1926 - 2001
General Information
Bio
(1926-2001) Novelist, writer. John Knowles was best known as the author of “A Separate Peace.”
Full Name
John Knowles
Locations
Suffolk
Author's Timeline
1926
BIRTH
John Knowles was born in Fairmont, West Virginia in 1926.
1959
LITWORK
A Separate Peace
London, Secker & Warburg; New York, Macmillan Co.
Novel. Winner of the Rosenthal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the William Faulkner Award.
London, Secker & Warburg; New York, Macmillan Co.
Novel. Winner of the Rosenthal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the William Faulkner Award.
1962
LITWORK
Morning In Antibes
New York: Macmillan.
Novel.
New York: Macmillan.
Novel.
1964
LITWORK
Double Vision: American Thoughts Abroad
New York: Macmillan.
Nonfiction.
New York: Macmillan.
Nonfiction.
1966
LITWORK
Indian Summer
New York: Random House.
Novel.
New York: Random House.
Novel.
1968
LITWORK
Phineas: Six Stories
New York: Random House.
Short story collection.
New York: Random House.
Short story collection.
1970
RESIDENCE
Knowles became a permanent resident in Southampton, Long Island, New York in 1970.
1971
LITWORK
The Paragon
Novel.
Novel.
1974
LITWORK
Spreading Fires
New York: Random House.
Novel.
New York: Random House.
Novel.
1979
LITWORK
A Vein of Riches
Boston: Little, Brown.
Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown.
Novel.
1981
LITWORK
Peace Breaks Out
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Novel.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Novel.
1986
LITWORK
The Private Life of Axie Reed
New York: Jesse Grunberg
Novel.
New York: Jesse Grunberg
Novel.
2001
DEATH
John Knowles died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2001.
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