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Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". [1]
Jan 8, 2023 · Russell Banks, whose vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling with issues of poverty, race and class placed him among the first ranks of contemporary novelists, died on Sunday at his...
Jan 10, 2023 · American novelist and activist Russell Banks died on Sunday of cancer at the age of 82. Banks built an A-list literary career writing about working-class families and immigrants who struggle on...
Jan 8, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the radical abolitionist John Brown in “Cloudsplitter ...
Jan 8, 2023 · Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams...
Jan 8, 2023 · The author of 'Cloudsplitter' and 'The Sweet Hereafter' was a Pulitzer finalist and a professor at Princeton University. He wrote about the rural communities, working-class families and radical abolitionists of his native Northeast.
Jan 8, 2023 · The PBS NewsHour reports the death of Russell Banks, a fiction writer who explored the American spirit and history in novels such as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter.” He was a Pulitzer finalist, a Princeton professor and a friend of Joyce Carol Oates.
