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Variants
- Lamkin, Hillyer Speed, 1928-2011
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1928
Death Date
- 2011-05-11
Birth Place
- Monroe (La.)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Lamkin, Speed. Comes a day, 1959, ©1987:title page (Speed Lamkin)
- found: Legacy.com website viewed November 19, 2013:Hillyer Speed Lamkin obituary (Private Family Services for Hillyer Speed Lamkin, 83, of Monroe ... an accomplished author and playwright passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011) - http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=hillyer-speed-lamkin&pid=150769726
- found: Wikipedia, November 19, 2013:(Hillyer Speed Lamkin (born Monroe, Louisiana, 1928; died Monroe, Louisiana, May 2, 2011) is an American novelist and playwright. He is best known for his first novel Tiger in the Garden (1950) and was called "the poor man's Truman Capote" by the composer Ned Rorem. He was a recipient of a 1950 O. Henry Award for his short story Comes a Day)
LC Classification
- PS3523.A442
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Change Notes
- 2013-11-19: new
- 2023-08-15: revised
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