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Randall Kenan

1963–2020

United States

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Randall Kenan - American author (March 12, 1963 – August 28, 2020) best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and his collection of stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead named a New York Times Notable Book in 1992, and The Fire This Time. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and the John Dos Passos Prize.

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