William Maxwell

American author

Also known as: William Maxwell Keepers, Jr.

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Original name:: William Maxwell Keepers, Jr.

Born:: Aug. 16, 1908, Lincoln, Ill., U.S.

Died:: July 31, 2000, New York, N.Y. (aged 91)

Notable Works:: “So Long, See You Tomorrow”; “The Château”; “The Folded Leaf”; “They Came like Swallows”; “Time Will Darken It”

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William Maxwell (born Aug. 16, 1908, Lincoln, Ill., U.S.—died July 31, 2000, New York, N.Y.) was an American editor and author of spare, evocative short stories and novels about small-town life in the American Midwest in the early 20th century. Educated at the University of Illinois (B.A., 1930) and Harvard University (M.A., 1931), Maxwell taught English at the University of Illinois before joining the staff of The New Yorker magazine, where he worked from 1936 to 1976, first in the art department and then as a fiction editor. Among the writers he edited were John Cheever, J.D. Salinger, Eudora Welty, ...(100 of 245 words)

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