John Hawkes (novelist)

For persons of a similar name, see John Hawkes (disambiguation).
John Hawkes
Born
John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr.

(1925-08-17)August 17, 1925
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMay 15, 1998(1998-05-15) (aged 72)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
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.

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