John Hawkes

:For the actor, see John Hawkes

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John Hawkes (born John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr., 17 August 1925-15 May, 1998) was an avant garde American novelist, known for the intensity of his work, which suspended the traditional constraints of the narrative. To him, structure was the key to the successful novel, even at the expense of character, plot, and theme.

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17 August - 1925 - 15 May - 1998 - American

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Educated at Harvard, Hawkes taught at Brown University for thirty years. Though he published his first novel, The Cannibal, in 1949, it was The Lime Twig (1961) that first won him acclaim.

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Harvard - Hawkes - Brown University - The Cannibal - 1949 - The Lime Twig - 1961

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Hawkes died in Providence Rhode Island.

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Providence - Rhode Island

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