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MacKinlay Kantor
Benjamin McKinlay Kantor
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MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel, Andersonville.
Career
- 1904Born
- 1956Won Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- 1977Passed away
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Webster City
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: writer, journalist, screenwriter, children's writer
- •Genre: screenplay
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High Flying Hawk; MISSION WITH LeMAY. My Story. By Gen. Curtis E. LeMay with MacKinlay Kantor. Illustrated. 581 pp. New York: Doubleday & Co. $7.95. (Published 1965)
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Super Slave; BEAUTY BEAST. By MacKinlay Kantor. 382 pp. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. $6.95. (Published 1968)
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Sioux And Sauk; WARWHOOP. By MacKinlay Kantor. 246 pp. New York: Random House. $2.50. (Published 1952)
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MacKinlay Kantor Is Dead at 73; Won Pulitzer for ‘Andersonville’ (Published 1977)
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