Poet Evan S. Connell

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Evan S. Connell

Living place: Kansas City

Birthday: 17-8-1924 (100 years old)

Population of US 1924: 114,109,000

Global rank: #90319

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Who is Poet Evan S. Connell?
A poet and novelist, he is known for works such as A Desire Long and The Connoisseur. He is the 2010 recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
His work, Son of the Morning Star, was made into an Emmy Award-winning television miniseries.

Young / Before famous

He attended Columbia University and Stanford University. He published his first collection of short stories, The Anatomy Lesson, in 1957.

Family life info

He and his sister, Barbara (to whom he dedicated 1,959 of his novel, Mrs. Bridge), were born in Kansas City, Missouri. He later settled in New Mexico.

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Two of his novels, Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969), were made into a film starring Paul Newman.

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When was Poet Evan S. Connell born?
Evan S. Connell birthday 17-8-1924 (at the age of 100).
Where is Poet Evan S. Connell's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Evan S. Connell was born in Kansas City, Missouri- United States. Là Poet, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Evan S. Connell's global rank is 90319 and whose rank is 1013 in list of famous Poet. Population of US in 1924 is about 114,109,000 persons.
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Events in 1924 and 17-8

Events in US in the birth year of Evan S. Connell

  • New York's Computer Tabulating Recording Company is re-organized and will now be known as International Business Machines Corp. (IBM).
  • Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and oilmen Harry Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny are charged with conspiracy and bribery in the Teapot Dome scandal, involving fraudulent leases of naval oil reserves. In 1931, Fall is sentenced to year in prison; Doheny and Sinclair acquitted of bribery.
  • Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb confess to murdering 14-year-old cousin "in the interest of science." Clarence Darrow is defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of death sentence.

Birthday Evan S. Connell (17-8) in history

  • Day 17-8 year 1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, began its trip up the Hudson River to Albany.
  • Day 17-8 year 1863: Fort Sumter, S.C. was bombarded by Union ships during the Civil War.
  • Day 17-8 year 1896: Prospectors found gold in Alaska, a discovery that set off the Klondike gold rush.
  • Day 17-8 year 1945: Indonesian nationalists proclaimed independence from the Netherlands.
  • Day 17-8 year 1962: 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot and killed by guards at the Berlin Wall, spurring riots.
  • Day 17-8 year 1969: Hurricane Camille devastated the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people.
  • Day 17-8 year 1978: The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight landed outside of Paris.
  • Day 17-8 year 1987: Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's second in command, committed suicide.
  • Day 17-8 year 2008: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by Mark Spitz in the 1972 Games. Phelps also set the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.
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