You never waste your time. That’s why I have to do it for you.
John Knowles Quotes
Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework.
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| Birth: | 16th September, 1926 |
| Death: | 29th November, 2001 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist |
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John Knowles was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA. He was an American novelist. He graduated from Yale University in 1949. Early in his career, he wrote for the Hartford Courant and was assistant editor for Holiday magazine. During the 1960s he was a writer in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Princeton University, and in the 1990s he taught creative writing at Florida Atlantic University. He wrote several novels include: A Separate Peace (Won- William Faulkner Foundation Award in 1961, and National Book Award finalist in 1961), Morning in Antibes, Indian Summer, The Paragon, Spreading Fires, A Vein of Riches, and Peace Breaks Out.
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