Carver, Raymond
Carver, Raymond ( 1939 – 88 ),American short story writer and poet, born in Clatskanie, Oregon. His first collection of poetry, Near Klamath, was published in 1968 . This was followed by Winter Insomnia ( 1970 ) and At Night the Salmon Move ( 1976 ).
Although he claimed that he would like to be remembered as a ‘poet and short-story writer and occasional essayist—in that order’, it is for his short stories that he became best known. He came to prominence with the publication in 1976 of his first collection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? This was followed by three other collections, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love ( 1981 ), Cathedral ( 1983 ), and Elephant ( 1988 ). Like the stories of Richard Ford and Tobias Wolff , with whom he shares the label of ‘Dirty Realism’, his work deals powerfully with unremarkable, glamourless small-town...
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