William Hoffman

Novelist, Author

1925 – 2009

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Who was William Hoffman?

Henry William Hoffman was an American writer who published thirteen novels and four books of short stories. He lived in Charlotte Court House, Virginia.

William Hoffman was the recipient of the 1992 John Dos Passos Prize For Literature. In 1996 he was awarded the O. Henry Prize. In 1999 he received The Dashiell Hammett Award for the book Tidewater Blood.

His short story "Dancer," published in The Sewanee Review, won the 1989 Andrew Lytle Prize.

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Born
May 16, 1925
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Hampden–Sydney College
Died
Sep 12, 2009

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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