Lawrence Sargent Hall (1915–1993) was an American author.

Career

In 1936, Hall received his BA from

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. In 1941, he received his Ph.D. in English from

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. In 1942, he was chief of an Office of Strategic Services (OSS) censorship unit. He taught at several educational institutions, including

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and Yale. In 1946, he retired as a US Navy Reserve lieutenant commander. From 1946 to 1986, he taught English at Bowdoin. In 1956, he was a Carnegie visiting professor at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. From 1964, he was chairman of the Bowdoin Department of English. In 1986, he retired as Henry Leland Chapman professor.Bangor Daily News, 9 Jul 1964: 8 He was an active advocate of the arts in Maine. His short story, ''The Ledge,'' won first place in the 1960

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Collection, and has appeared in more than 30 anthologies. His novel, ''Stowaway'' received the 1962 William Faulkner Award for best debut novel. He contributed to several journals including ''

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''.

Published works

* ''Hawthorne: Critic of Society'' (1943) * ''The Ledge'' (1959) * ''Stowaway'' (1961) * ''How Thinking Is Written'' (1963) * ''Seeing And Describing'' (1966) * ''A Grammar of Literary Criticism'' (2011)

References

External links

*http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/mss/lshg.shtml *http://www.enotes.com/lawrence-sargent-hall-salem/lawrence-sargent-hall {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Lawrence Sargent 20th-century American novelists American male novelists 1915 births 1993 deaths O. Henry Award winners Bowdoin College alumni Bowdoin College faculty American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Maine