Wright Morris

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Wright Morris (born January 6, 1910 in Central City, Nebraska; died April 25, 1998) was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. For a time, he was also an English professor at San Francisco State College.

He is best known today for his innovative "photo-texts" and his writings on photography, but his off-beat novels about society and the human condition continue to be read and discussed. Many of his works experimented with point of view, tone, and style. Morris published his memoirs in three volumes, the first Will's Boy in 1981, followed by Solo and A Cloak of Light.

[edit] Selected works

• The Inhabitants 1946
• The Home Place 1948
• The World in the Attic 1949
• The Works of Love 1952
• The Deep Sleep 1953
• The Huge Season 1954 (National Book Award finalist)
• The Field of Vision 1956 (National Book Award winner)
• Love Among the Cannibals 1957
• Ceremony in Lone Tree 1960
• One Day 1965
• In Orbit 1971
• Fire Sermon 1971
• A Life 1973
• Plains Song 1980 (National Book Award winner)
• Will's Boy 1981
• Victrola 1982 (won third prize in the O. Henry Award)
• Solo 1983
• A Cloak of Light 1985