1. Charles William Goyen was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, editor, and teacher.
18 Facts About William Goyen
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William Goyen never achieved commercial success in America, but his translated work was highly regarded in Europe.
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William Goyen's father worked at the local sawmill, and his mother's family ran the post office.
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William Goyen resided in the Woodland Heights neighborhood, where he attended Travis Elementary School and Hogg Middle School.
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William Goyen attended Rice Institute, where he earned a BA in literature and an MA in comparative literature.
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William Goyen taught for one year at the University of Houston in 1939, then joined in the US Navy that same year.
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William Goyen traveled and lived at various times in New Mexico, Europe, New York, and California, living principally in New York.
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William Goyen moved to Los Angeles in 1975 and lived there most of the rest of his life.
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Roberts said the greatest influence on her life was William Goyen, referring to him as her "mentor".
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In 1971, William Goyen had a conversion experience, which he described in some detail:.
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William Goyen was a man that touched and poked, patted and held and embraced.
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William Goyen died in Los Angeles of leukemia on August 30,1983, aged 68, two months before his novel Arcadio was published.
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William Goyen began writing what would become his first book, The House of Breath, when he served on an aircraft carrier during World War II.
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William Goyen's first published short story, "The White Rooster," appeared in Mademoiselle in April 1947.
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William Goyen continued to have difficulty finding publishers and audiences for his work in America.
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William Goyen gave up his own writing when he was an editor with McGraw-Hill, from 1966 to 1971.
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William Goyen's style has been compared to Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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William Goyen's books continued to remain in print in Europe long after they were unavailable in America.