John Hawkes (novelist)

John Hawkes
BornJohn Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr.
(1925-08-17)August 17, 1925
Stamford
DiedMay 15, 1998(1998-05-15) (aged 72)
Providence
OccupationNovelist
Alma materHarvard College
Period1949–1997
Genres
Literary movementPostmodernism
Notable works

John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr. (August 17, 1925 – May 15, 1998) was a postmodern American novelist, known for the intensity of his work, which suspended some traditional constraints of narrative fiction.[1][2]

  1. ^ Greiner, Donald J. (1985). Understanding John Hawkes. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9780872494602. john hawkes brown university.
  2. ^ Barth, John (1998-06-21). "BOOKEND; The Passion Artist: Recalling John Hawkes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-07.