John B. L. Goodwin

Writer, Author

1912 – 1994

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Who was John B. L. Goodwin?

John Blair Linn Goodwin was an American author and poet, best known for his story "The Cocoon", collected in Houghton Mifflin's The Best American Short Stories in 1947.

Goodwin was a native of Manhattan and a world traveler. His other works include the 1940 children's book The Pleasant Pirate, 1952 novel The Idols and the Prey about Haiti, and 1963 novella A View From Fuji. He died at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in January 1994.

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Born
1912
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
1994

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on July 23, 2013

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