James Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, the son of a county agricultural agent. He was blinded in one eye in childhood. His father and sister died in a car accident when he was 21. He attended Michigan State University and received a B.A. in 1960 and an M.A in 1964 in Comparative Literature. After working as an assistant professor of English at State University of New York, Stony Brook, he became a full-time writer.
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American poet, novelist, and essayist (1937–2016)
| Born | 11 December 1937 |
| Died | 26 March 2016 |
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Jim Harrison
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American poet, novelist, and essayist (1937–2016)
| Born | 11 December 1937 |
| Died | 26 March 2016 |
ID Numbers
- OLID: OL3487881A
- BookBrainz: f47e0d8f-87c6-49d9-ab37-2e4eac2e7131
- GoodReads: 17055
- ISNI: 0000000108585515
- IMDb: nm0365659
- Library of Congress Names: n79003355
- LibraryThing: harrisonjim-1
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): LO1V008135
- VIAF: 73854596
- Wikidata: Q3178822
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q3178822
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| September 30, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
| September 5, 2017 | Edited by jim9000 | -added death date |
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