Hamilton Basso

Hamilton Basso ( born September 5, 1904 in New Orleans, Louisiana as Joseph Hamilton Basso, † May 13 1964 in New Haven, Connecticut ) was an American novelist and journalist.

He was more than 20 years, " Associate Editor " of the magazine The New Yorker. He wrote 11 novels, mainly about the American South. His most famous novel is The View from Pompey 's Head, a story of a New York lawyer who returns to his southern U.S. home, to elucidate a secret about a famous writer. The book was in 1954 over a year on the bestseller list.

With his novel The Light Infantry Ball 1960 he reached the final of the U.S. National Book Award.

Other works

• They created America. The history of democracy in the United States in their great personalities. From the American Lilly Speiser
• The Green Room
• Sun in Capricorn
• Days Before Lent
• Courthouse Square
• Cinnamon Seed
• A Touch of the Dragon
• Mainstream

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• Author
• Literature ( English )
• Literature ( 20th century)
• Novel, epic
• Journalist (United States)
• Americans
• Born in 1904
• Died in 1964
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