Harry crews bibliography
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Harry Crews
American novelist
For the band of the same name, see Harry Crews (band). For the Florida politician, see Harry Cruse.
Harry Eugene Crews | |
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| Born | ()June 7, Alma, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | March 28, () (aged&#;76) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma&#;mater | University of Florida |
| Genre | Novel, short story, essay |
| Literary movement | Grit Lit |
| Notable works | The Gospel Singer, A Feast of Snakes, A Childhood: The Biography of a Place |
Harry Eugene Crews (June 7, – March 28, ) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He often made use of violent, grotesque characters and set them in regions of the Deep South.
Life
[edit]Harry Crews was born June 7, , during the Great Depression to two poor tenant farmers in Bacon County, Georgia. His father died while he was still a baby, and his mother soon remarried to his father's brother. Crews was unaware that this man was not his biological father until years later.
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Harry Crews
The following titles are a selection* of the many works by Harry Crews that are held by the Hall of Fame Library:
2 by Crews. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press,
All We Need of Hell. New York: Perennial Library,
All We Need of Hell. New York: Harper & Row,
All We Need of Hell (Uncorrected proof). New York: Harper & Row,
Blood and grits. New York: Harper & Row,
Blood and grits. New York: Harper & Row,
Body. New York: Poseidon Press,
Car; a novel. New York: Morrow,
Car. London: Secker & Warburg,
Celebration: a novel. New York : Simon & Schuster,
Celebration: a novel (Uncorrected proof). New York: Simon & Schuster,
A Childhood, The Biography of a Place. New York: Harper & Row,
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place. London: Secker and Warburg,
A Childhood, The Biography of a Place. Athens: University of Georgia Press,
Classic Crews: a Harry Crews Reader. New York: Poseidon Press,
T • Harry Eugene Crews was born during the Great Depression to sharecroppers in Bacon County, Georgia. His father died when he was an infant and his mother quickly remarried. His mother later moved her sons to Jacksonville, Florida. Crews is twice divorced and is the father of two sons. His eldest son drowned in Harry Crews
Crews served in the Korean War and, following the war, enrolled at the University of Florida under the G.I. Bill. After two years of school, Crews set out on an extended road trip. He returned to the University of Florida in Later, after graduating from the master's program, Crews was denied entrance to the graduate program for Creative Writing. He moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he taught English at Broward Community College. In , Crews' first novel, The Gospel Singer, was published. Crews returned to the University of Florida as an English faculty member.
In spring of , Crews retired from UF to devote himself fully to writing. Crews published continuou