John B. L. Goodwin
John B. L. Goodwin | |
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| Born | John Blair Linn Goodwin 25 February 1912 |
| Died | 12 January 1994 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Author, poet |
John Blair Linn Goodwin (1912–1994) was an American author and poet, best known for his story "The Cocoon" (1946), collected in Houghton Mifflin's The Best American Short Stories in 1947. A further short story was "Stone Still, Stone Cold" (1949).
Goodwin was a native of Manhattan and a world traveler.[1] His other works include a children's book titled Freddy Fribbs (Flea);[2] the 1940 children's book The Pleasant Pirate;[3] the 1952 novel The Idols and the Prey, about Haiti;[4] and the 1963 novella A View from Fuji. He died on 12 January 1994 at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "John Blair Linn Goodwin; Writer and Poet, 81". The New York Times. 1994-01-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ Howard, Helen Alice (1938-06-12). "Story of Flea Seems Entirely Too Human". The Lexington Herald. p. 5.
- ^ "Review of The Pleasant Pirate". Kirkus Reviews. 1940-09-01. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ Dempsey, David (1953-06-21). "Under a Haitian Spell". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
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