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Full Name: Raymond Carver
Biography:
(1938-1988) Fiction writer, poet. Raymond Carver was a Guggenheim fellow in 1979, twice awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1983, Carver received the prestigious Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award which gave him $35,000 per year tax free and required that he give up any employment other than writing, and in 1985 Poetry magazines Levinson prize. In 1988 he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He received an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Hartford, and the Brandeis citation for fiction in 1988.
Author's Timeline:
1980 Onondaga County
Carver taught at Syracuse University's creative writing program from 1980 to 1983.  
1938 (Unknown) County
Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. 
1988 (Unknown) County
Raymond Carver died in Port Angeles, Washington, in 1988. 
1976 (Unknown) County
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Collection of stories. 
1988 (Unknown) County
Raymond Carver was interred at Ocean View Cemetery, Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Winter Insomnia
Collection of poetry. 
1988 (Unknown) County
Where I'm Calling From
Collection of stories. 
1985 (Unknown) County
Where Water Comes Together With Other Water
Collection of poetry. 
1986 (Unknown) County
Ultramarine
Collection of poetry. 
1981 (Unknown) County
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Collection of stories. 
1983 (Unknown) County
Cathedral
Collection of stories. 
2001 (Unknown) County
Call If You Need Me
Collection of stories. 
1988 (Unknown) County
In A Marine Light
Collection of poetry. 
1977 (Unknown) County
Furious Seasons And Other Stories
Collection of stories. 
1998 (Unknown) County
All Of Us: The Collected Poems
Collection of poetry. 

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