Biography
Allen Stuart Drury (September 2, 1918 – September 2, 1998) was an American novelist. During World War II, he was a reporter in the Senate, closely observing Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, among others. He would convert these experiences into his first novel Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960. Long afterwards, it was still being praised as ‘the definitive Washington tale’. His diaries from this period were published as A Senate Journal 1943–45.
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1918-09-02
Deathday1998-09-02 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceHouston, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesTiburon, United States of America
AwardsGolden Plate Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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