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Harris Downey

Harris Downey
Born(1907-05-12)May 12, 1907
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Died1979 (aged 71–72)
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • novelist
EducationLouisiana State University (BA, MA)
Notable awardsO. Henry Award (1951)

Harris Downey (born May 12, 1907 Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist.

Life

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He graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.A. and M.A. He Served in the Air Force. He taught at Louisiana State University,[1] where he knew Lyle Saxon.[2]

His work appeared in Epoch,[3] Prairie Schooner.[4][5][6] Kenyon Review,[7]

Awards

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Works

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Novels

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  • Thunder in the Room. MacMillan. 1956.
  • The Key to My Prison. Dial Press. 1965.
  • Carrie Dumain. H. Regnery Co. 1966.

Short fiction

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Title Publication Collected in
"Mr. Todd" The Antioch Review (Winter 1948) -
"A Way of Resentment" Epoch (Fall 1948) -
"The Harmless Story" Prairie Schooner (Fall 1949) -
"The Mulhausen Girls" Virginia Quarterly Review (Winter 1949) Prize Stories of 1949
"Caught" Accent: A Quarterly of New Literature (Spring 1950) -
"The Hunters" Epoch (Summer 1950) Best American Short Stories 1951
"Night Side" The Antioch Review (Spring 1952) -
"Crispin's Way" Epoch (Fall 1952) Best American Short Stories 1953
"The Clown" Epoch (Fall 1954) -
"The Hobo" Virginia Quarterly Review (Autumn 1955) Best American Short Stories 1956
"The Song" Prairie Schooner (Fall 1956) -
"The Actress" Prairie Schooner (Spring 1957) -
"The Dance in the Attic" Epoch (Winter 1957) -
"The Rifle" Southwest Review (Summer 1959) -
"The Hand and Head of Molly Glass" The Kenyon Review (Spring 1961) -
"Grandfather, We Hear You!" Epoch (Fall 1961) -
"The Vicar-General and the Wide Night" The Southern Review (Winter 1965) Best American Short Stories 1965
"The Cuckoo's Nest" The Southern Review (Summer 1966) -
"Polly" The Southern Review (Spring 1968) -
"Portrait of a Professor" The Southern Review (Summer 1970) -
"Silversleeve's Love Affair" The Southern Review (Summer 1972) -
"A Religious Happening" Michigan Quarterly Review (Summer 1973) -

References

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  1. ^ Robert Bain; Joseph M. Flora; Louis Decimus Rubin, eds. (1979). Southern writers: a biographical dictionary. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-0390-6.
  2. ^ Lyle Saxon: a critical biography. Summa Publications. 1991. ISBN 978-0-917786-83-9.
  3. ^ Cornell University (1950). "Epoch". Epoch; A Quarterly of Contemporary Literature (v. 3-4). Cornell University. ISSN 0145-1391.
  4. ^ Wimberly, L.C.; Sigma Upsilon. Wordsmith Chapter; University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus); University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Dept. of English (1949). "Prairie Schooner". Prairie Schooner (v. 23). University of Nebraska Press. ISSN 0032-6682.
  5. ^ Wimberly, L.C.; Sigma Upsilon. Wordsmith Chapter; University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus); University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Dept. of English (1955). "The Prairie Schooner". Prairie Schooner (v. 29-30). University of Nebraska Press. ISSN 0032-6682.
  6. ^ Wimberly, L.C.; Sigma Upsilon. Wordsmith Chapter; University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus); University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Dept. of English (1957). "Prairie Schooner". Prairie Schooner (v. 31-32). University of Nebraska Press. ISSN 0032-6682.
  7. ^ Ransom, J.C.; Kenyon College (1961). "The Kenyon Review". Kenyon Review, the (v. 23). Kenyon College. ISSN 0163-075X.
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