Hamilton Basso
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Joseph Hamilton Basso (September 5, 1904 – May 13, 1964)[1] was an American novelist and journalist.
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Joseph Hamilton Basso | |
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Born | (1904-09-05)September 5, 1904 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | May 13, 1964(1964-05-13) (aged 59) Weston, Connecticut, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, Journalist |
Known for | The View from Pompey's Head |
Notable work | The View from Pompey's Head, The Light Infantry Ball |
Children | Keith Hamilton Basso |
Awards | Finalist for the 1960 National Book Award |
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Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Basso worked as reporter for several newspapers in New Orleans, wrote 11 novels, primarily about the South, and was an associate editor at The New Yorker for more than 20 years. His best-known work was the novel The View from Pompey's Head, a story of a New York City attorney who returns to his Southern hometown in the early 1950s to investigate a mystery surrounding a famous writer. The book spent almost a year on the bestseller lists in 1954 and later was adapted into a motion picture.