Lowell Burt Komie (29 December 1927 – 29 October 2015) was an American lawyer and writer.Obituary of Lowell B. Komie
/ref> Born in Chicago, Komie grew up in Milwaukee before moving to Ravinia, later graduating from Highland Park High School in 1945.Lowell B. Komie Obituary
Retrieve 2019-02-25. Komie became famous for his

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works.Tributes to Lowell B. Komie
/ref> In 1995 he received the Carl Sandburg Literary Award and the Small Press Award for Fiction in 1998. Komie died on 29 October 2015 in Highwood, Illinois, where he lived.

Selected works

* ''The Lawyers Chambers and other stories'' (1995, short story collection) * ''The Last Jewish Shortstop in America'' (1998, novel)

References

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