| Harris Downey | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1907-05-12)May 12, 1907 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | 1979 (aged 71–72) |
| Occupation |
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| Education | Louisiana State University (BA, MA) |
| Notable awards | O. Henry Award (1951) |
Harris Downey (born May 12, 1907 Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist.
Life
He graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.A. and M.A. He Served in the Air Force. He taught at Louisiana State University, where he knew Lyle Saxon.
His work appeared in Epoch, Prairie Schooner. Kenyon Review,
Awards
- 1951 O. Henry Award
Works
Novels
- Thunder in the Room. MacMillan. 1956.
- The Key to My Prison. Dial Press. 1965.
- Carrie Dumain. H. Regnery Co. 1966.
Short fiction
| Title | Publication | Collected in |
|---|---|---|
| "Mr. Todd" | The Antioch Review (Winter 1948) | - |
| "A Way of Resentment" | Epoch (Fall 1948) | - |
| "The Harmless Story" | Prairie Schooner (Fall 1949) | - |
| "The Mulhausen Girls" | Virginia Quarterly Review (Winter 1949) | Prize Stories of 1949 |
| "Caught" | Accent: A Quarterly of New Literature (Spring 1950) | - |
| "The Hunters" | Epoch (Summer 1950) | Best American Short Stories 1951 |
| "Night Side" | The Antioch Review (Spring 1952) | - |
| "Crispin's Way" | Epoch (Fall 1952) | Best American Short Stories 1953 |
| "The Clown" | Epoch (Fall 1954) | - |
| "The Hobo" | Virginia Quarterly Review (Autumn 1955) | Best American Short Stories 1956 |
| "The Song" | Prairie Schooner (Fall 1956) | - |
| "The Actress" | Prairie Schooner (Spring 1957) | - |
| "The Dance in the Attic" | Epoch (Winter 1957) | - |
| "The Rifle" | Southwest Review (Summer 1959) | - |
| "The Hand and Head of Molly Glass" | The Kenyon Review (Spring 1961) | - |
| "Grandfather, We Hear You!" | Epoch (Fall 1961) | - |
| "The Vicar-General and the Wide Night" | The Southern Review (Winter 1965) | Best American Short Stories 1965 |
| "The Cuckoo's Nest" | The Southern Review (Summer 1966) | - |
| "Polly" | The Southern Review (Spring 1968) | - |
| "Portrait of a Professor" | The Southern Review (Summer 1970) | - |
| "Silversleeve's Love Affair" | The Southern Review (Summer 1972) | - |
| "A Religious Happening" | Michigan Quarterly Review (Summer 1973) | - |
References
- Robert Bain; Joseph M. Flora; Louis Decimus Rubin, eds. (1979). Southern writers: a biographical dictionary. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-0390-6.
- Lyle Saxon: a critical biography. Summa Publications. 1991. ISBN 978-0-917786-83-9.
- Cornell University (1950). "Epoch". Epoch; A Quarterly of Contemporary Literature (v. 3-4). Cornell University. ISSN 0145-1391.
- Wimberly, L.C.; Sigma Upsilon. Wordsmith Chapter; University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus); University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Dept. of English (1949). "Prairie Schooner". Prairie Schooner (v. 23). University of Nebraska Press. ISSN 0032-6682.
- Wimberly, L.C.; Sigma Upsilon. Wordsmith Chapter; University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus); University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Dept. of English (1955). "The Prairie Schooner". Prairie Schooner (v. 29-30). University of Nebraska Press. ISSN 0032-6682.
- Wimberly, L.C.; Sigma Upsilon. Wordsmith Chapter; University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus); University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Dept. of English (1957). "Prairie Schooner". Prairie Schooner (v. 31-32). University of Nebraska Press. ISSN 0032-6682.
- Ransom, J.C.; Kenyon College (1961). "The Kenyon Review". Kenyon Review, the (v. 23). Kenyon College. ISSN 0163-075X.