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Howard Frank Mosher
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male |
| place of birth |
New York, The United States |
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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction
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about this author
Born in 1943. Literature prize from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1981; fiction fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts; Guggenheim fellow; New England Book Award, 1991; Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Vermont Arts Council, 2005.
Over the course of his writing career, Mosher has developed a reputation as a respected commentator on the often overlooked details and eccentricities of northeastern life. His creation of a fictional landscape that manages to evoke the better qualities of a bygone era has won him the praise of numerous critics. As Canby described Mosher's literary world, "it is composed of traditional elements of New England frontier life, but it could serve also as a sort of microcosm of the American experience--brimstone theology, extreme independence, imaginations tempered by hostile climate and natural beauty." Although described by Canby as "quiet and unassuming," Mosher has created works that many see as a fierce statement of American individuality and perseverance, with a voice that speaks loudly of the triumphs and beauty of a hard-won lifestyle.
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