Paul Horgan
1903 - 1995
General Information
Bio
(1903-1995) Writer. Paul Horgan was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Middletown, Connecticut. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize for history, first in 1955 with “Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History” and then once again in 1976 with “Lamy of Santa Fe.”
Full Name
Paul Horgan
Locations
Monroe
Author's Timeline
1903
BIRTH
Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan was born in Buffalo, New York, on August 1, 1903.
1923
RESIDENCE
Mr. Horgan moved to Rochester, New York, in 1923, where he attended the Eastman School of Music for a year and worked as a theater designer for three years before returning to New Mexico.
1933
LITWORK
The Fault of Angels
Harper & Brothers
Mr. Horgan won The Harper Prize in 1933 for The Fault of Angels, one of his books not set in the Southwest.
Harper & Brothers
Mr. Horgan won The Harper Prize in 1933 for The Fault of Angels, one of his books not set in the Southwest.
1954
LITWORK
Great River: The Rio Grande in American History
Rinehart and Company, Inc.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1955.
Rinehart and Company, Inc.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1955.
1960
LITWORK
A Distant Trumpet
Farrar Straus Giroux
9780374140892 / 978-0374140892
Historical novel.
Farrar Straus Giroux
9780374140892 / 978-0374140892
Historical novel.
1963
LITWORK
Conquistadors in North American History
Farrar Straus Giroux
0374128847 / 978-0374128845
Nonfiction.
Farrar Straus Giroux
0374128847 / 978-0374128845
Nonfiction.
1970
LITWORK
Whitewater
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374289700 / 978-0374289706
Novel.
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374289700 / 978-0374289706
Novel.
1970
LITWORK
The Heroic Triad: Essays in the Social Energies of Three Southwestern Cultures
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
0030845203 / 978-0030845208
Collection of essays.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
0030845203 / 978-0030845208
Collection of essays.
1972
LITWORK
Encounters With Stravinsky
The Bodley Head
0370102991 / 978-0374148287
Biography.
The Bodley Head
0370102991 / 978-0374148287
Biography.
1975
LITWORK
Lamy of Santa Fe
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374183007 / 978-0374183004
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1975.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374183007 / 978-0374183004
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1975.
1977
LITWORK
The Thin Mountain Air
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374274665 / 978-0374274665
Novel.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374274665 / 978-0374274665
Novel.
1982
LITWORK
Mexico Bay
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374208808 / 978-0374208806
Novel.
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374208808 / 978-0374208806
Novel.
1995
DEATH
Paul Horgan died at Middlesex County Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut, on March 8, 1995.
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