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John Gardner

American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor.

Born July 21st, 1933 in Batavia. [ref]

Died September 14th, 1982 at 49 years old in Susquehanna River (traffic collision). [ref]

Occupations
biographer, children's writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic, non-fiction writer, novelist, translator, writer

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same. Audrey Hepburn