Evan S. Connell
Evan Shelby Connell Jr. was born on August 17, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri.
After briefly attending Dartmouth College, he joined the Navy and became a pilot during World War II. He later earned a B.A. in English from the University of Kansas and studied creative writing at Columbia and Stanford.
Connell never married and spent much of his life in Sausalito, California.
A prolific and versatile writer of fiction, poetry, and short stories, he received numerous accolades, including a 2009 nomination for the Man Booker International Prize and a 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
He passed away on January 10, 2013.
