Barry Hannah

Barry Hannah was an American novelist and short story writer from Mississippi. Hannah was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on April 23, 1942, and grew up in Clinton, Mississippi. He wrote eight novels and five short story collections. His first novel, Geronimo Rex, was nominated for the National Book Award. Airships, his 1978 collection of short stories about the Vietnam War, the American Civil War, and the modern South, won the Arnold Gingrich Short Fiction Award. The following year, Hannah received the prestigious Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and... Wikipedia

• Born:  April 23, 1942, Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
• Age at death:  67 years
• Died:  March 1, 2010, Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.
• Occupation:  Short story writer, novelist, professor
• Education:  Mississippi College (BA), University of Arkansas (MA, MFA)
• Period:  1965–2010
• Genre:  Short story, novel
• Children:  3