{"name": "Evan S. Connell", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Evan Shelby Connell Jr. (August 17, 1924 \u2013 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"}, "personal_name": "Connell, Evan S.", "death_date": "10 Jan 2013", "alternate_names": ["Evan S Connell", "Evan Shelby Connell", "Evan Shelby Connell Jr."], "birth_date": "17 Aug 1924", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"viaf": "97745717", "wikidata": "Q2693491", "isni": "0000000109278672", "goodreads": "34111", "imdb": "nm0174981", "lc_naf": "n50000126", "opac_sbn": "VIAV084389"}, "key": "/authors/OL33113A", "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-07-31T21:47:41.390844"}}