William H. Gass

William Howard Gass was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and philosophy professor.
He was born in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1924.
He attended Kenyon College and Cornell University, where he received a PhD in philosophy.
He taught at several universities, including Purdue University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
He published three novels, three collections of short stories, a collection of novellas, and seven volumes of essays.
His work was praised for its intelligence, wit, and stylistic experimentation.
He won numerous awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Lannan Literary Award.
He died in 2017 at the age of 93.