James T. Farrell

James T. Farrell

Fellow: Awarded 1936
Field of Study: Fiction

Competition: US & Canada

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1935–36:

FARRELL, JAMES THOMAS:  Appointed for creative writing in the field of the novel; tenure, twelve months from June 1, 1936.

Born February 27, 1904, at Chicago, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago, 1925–29.

Publications:  Young Lonigan, 1932; Gas House McGinty, 1933; The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, 1934; Calico Shoes and Other Stories, 1934; Judgment Day, 1935; Guillotine Party and Other Stories, 1935; Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy, 1935; A Note on Literary Criticism, 1936. Short stories and articles in Blues, Tambour, This Quarter, The Midland, Story, American Mercury, Pagany, Plain Talk, New Freeman, Saturday Review of Literature, Nation, American Spectator, New York Herald-Tribune Books, New Masses, Partisan Review and Anvil.

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