Raymond Carver
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Raymond Carver was an American short story writer, novelist, poet, and teacher who lived from 1938 to 1988. He is significant for his influential contributions to modern literature across multiple genres, particularly for his distinctive short fiction that shaped contemporary American writing.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 25 May 1938
- Died
- 2 August 1988
- Works
- 147
Top works
- American Voices
- Si em necessites, truca'm
- Principiants
- Todos nosotros
- Principiantes
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Film & TV
Writing · Clatskanie, Oregon, USA
Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. was an American short-story writer and poet. Carver contributed to the revitalization of the American short story during the 1980s.
Known for
- To Write and Keep Kind — Self (archive footage)1992
- Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From — Self (archive footage)1989
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Country
- US
- Active from
- 1938-05-25
Article
Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976. His breakout collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), received immediate acclaim and established Carver as an important figure in the literary world. It was followed by Cathedral (1983), which Carver considered his watershed and is widely regarded as his masterpiece. The definitive collection of his stories, Where I'm Calling From, was published shortly before his death in 1988. In their 1989 nomination of Carver for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the jury concluded, "The revival in recent years of the short story is attributable in great measure to Carver's mastery of the form."
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1938 births1988 deaths20th-century American male writers20th-century American poets20th-century American short story writersAlcohol abuseAmerican male short story writersCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Humboldt alumniCalifornia State University, Chico alumniDeaths from lung cancer in Washington (state)Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni