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Howard Nemerov Author

Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) grew up in New York City, earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, and flew combat missions for the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Army. He published novels, short stories, criticism, and poetry. Author of January Rain, winner of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize, and the collection of poetry Drunk in Sunlight, Daniel Anderson is currently the Kenan Visiting Writer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.