Evan S. Connell

{"type":"/type/text","value":"Evan Shelby Connell Jr. (August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013) was a U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He also published under the name Evan S. Connell Jr. His writing covered a variety of genres, although he published most frequently in fiction.\r\n\r\nIn 2009, Connell was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, for lifetime achievement. On April 23, 2010, he was awarded a *Los Angeles Times* Book Prize: the Robert Kirsch Award, for \"a living author with a substantial connection to the American West, whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition\".\r\n\r\n**Source**: [Evan S. Connell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_S._Connell) on Wikipedia"}