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American short story writer stubs (113 P) Pages in category "American short story writers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 431 total.
The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in contemporary American literature.
Steven-Elliot Altman. Allison Amend. Benjamin Anastas. Uell Stanley Andersen. Mignon Holland Anderson. Sherwood Anderson. Mary Raymond Andrews. Roger Angell. Maya Angelou.
Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
In the original short story, the only story by Porter to feature the character, the Kid is a murderous, ruthless border desperado, whose trail is dogged by a heroic Texas Ranger. Pen name [ edit ] Porter used a number of pen names (including "O. Henry" or "Olivier Henry") in the early part of his writing career; other names included S.H. Peters ...
His short story, "The Pugilist at Rest" (1991), won an O. Henry Award and was included in Best American Short Stories of 1992. His first collection, The Pugilist at Rest (1993), was nominated for a National Book Award. In a Salon.com interview, writer John Updike praised Jones as one
John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as ...
William Saroyan [2] ( / səˈrɔɪən /; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy. When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned ...
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