Bridge,” published in 1959, captured the emotional remoteness of a Kansas City family that was much like the one in which Mr. His acclaimed and best-selling first novel, “Mrs. Connell, the only son of a physician, grew up in Kansas City, Mo., and moved West as a young man. Mike Waller, a nephew by marriage, confirmed the death. Connell, a versatile writer praised for his spare portrayal of the frost and repression within a fictional upper-class Midwestern family as well as for his account of the very real and bloody battle that was Custer’s Last Stand, was found dead early Thursday in an assisted-living facility in Santa Fe, N.M. Sad news today (Fri Jan 11 2013) that Evan Connell, author of two of the greatest small classics of American literature, has died.Įvan Connell, Novelist of Many Genres, Is Dead at 88Įvan S. Author of two classic literary jewels leaves usīut Mrs Bridge and Mr Bridge will live forever
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