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Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". [1]
Jan 9, 2023 · Russell Banks, who died Sunday at 82, circled similar themes across his many novels. For new readers and fans alike, here are the five most essential.
Jan 8, 2023 · Russell Banks, whose vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling with issues of poverty, race and class placed him among the first ranks of contemporary novelists, died on Sunday at his...
Jan 10, 2023 · American novelist and activist Russell Banks died on Sunday of cancer at the age of 82. Banks built an A-list literary career writing about working-class families and immigrants who...
Jan 8, 2023 · Prize-winning author Russell Banks has died. He was 82. His editor says Banks, who was being treated for cancer, died Saturday in upstate New York.
Russell Banks, American novelist known for his portrayals of the interior lives of characters at odds with economic and social forces. His notable books included Affliction, The Sweet Hereafter, Rule of the Bone, Cloudsplitter, and Lost Memory of Skin. Learn more about Russell’s life and work.
Jan 13, 2023 · Russell Banks, the author whose bestselling books include "Affliction," "Continental Drift" and "The Sweet Hereafter," died of cancer Sunday. He was 82 years old. Banks was born in 1940 and grew...
Jan 8, 2023 · Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams...
Jan 10, 2023 · Russell Banks, a writer who drew from his own meager upbringing to explore the tragedy and dignity of working-class life in novels and short stories that were among the most celebrated works of...
Jan 8, 2023 · Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the...
