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American writer (1922–1994)

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For the British socialist activist, see Jack Williams (socialist activist). For the 1885 Wisconsin legislator from Eau Claire, see Thomas Edward Williams (politician).

John Edward Williams (August 29, 1922 – March 3, 1994) was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972),^[1] which won a U.S.

National Book Award.^[2]

Life

Williams was born in Clarksville, Texas.^[1] Shortly thereafter, his family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, in pursuit of the Texas oil boom.^[3] His grandparents were farmers; his father, J. E. Jewell, worked in a feed store. Jewell disappeared in mysterious circumstances when Williams was two years old, and his mother remarried to George Williams, a local shift worker in Wichita Falls.

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