Looking glass biography of william march
About the Author.
William March (born William Edward Campbell) was an American author and a highly decorated US Marine....
William March
United States Marine, novelist, short story writer
For the American Olympic weightlifter, see William March (weightlifter).
William March | |
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William March, c. 1933 | |
| Born | (1893-09-18)September 18, 1893[a] Mobile, Alabama |
| Died | May 15, 1954(1954-05-15) (aged 60) New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Genre | Psychological realism |
| Literary movement | The Lost Generation |
William March (September 18, 1893[a] – May 15, 1954) was an American writer of psychological fiction and a highly decorated U.S.
Marine. The author of six novels and four short-story collections, March was praised by critics but never attained great popularity. He has also been recently described by one prominent film historian as "a closeted, and tormented, gay man."[1]
March grew up in rural Alabama in a family so poor that he could not finish high school, and he did not earn a high school equiva