James Gould Cozzens

James Gould Cozzens (1903 August 19 - 1978) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist.

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1903 - August 19 - 1978 - Pulitzer Prize - U.S. - Novelist

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cozzens won a 1936 O. Henry Award for his short story "Total Stranger" published in the Saturday Evening Post on February 15, 1936.

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Chicago, Illinois - O. Henry Award - Short story - Saturday Evening Post

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His early novels include S.S. San Pedro (1931), The Last Adam (1933), Ask Me Tomorrow (1941) and The Just and the Unjust (1942). During World War II, Cozzens served in the Army Air Corps stateside, and subsequently used his experiences with the military hierarchy for the basis of his 1948 novel Guard of Honor, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949. His 1957 novel By Love Possessed became a surprise runaway bestseller, landing the author on the cover of Time magazine; the novel was also very loosely adapted into a film in 1961 starring Lana Turner. Cozzens' last novel, Morning, Noon and Night was published in 1968.

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S.S. San Pedro - 1931 - The Last Adam - 1933 - Ask Me Tomorrow - 1941 - The Just and the Unjust - 1942 - World War II - Army Air Corps - 1948 - Guard of Honor - Pulitzer Prize - 1949 - 1957 - By Love Possessed - Bestseller - Time magazine - Film - 1961 - Lana Turner - Morning, Noon and Night - 1968

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The characters in Cozzens' novels are primarily professional, middle-class white men--a doctor in 'The Last Adam', a lawyer in By Love Possessed, for example--who confront issues such as duty and ethics in their careers while at the same time attempting to reconcile these with the emotional demands of their personal lives.

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Middle-class - Doctor - The Last Adam - Lawyer - By Love Possessed - Duty - Ethics

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