Jim Harrison
American novelist, poet and essayist best known for the novella Legends of the Fall and a wide-ranging body of writing about rural life, food and the outdoors.
Fiction and the American landscape
Jim Harrison wrote novels, novellas and short stories shaped by rural places, hunting, friendship and family. Legends of the Fall became widely known through its screen adaptation, while his fiction often explores the tension between wild landscapes and modern life.
Poetry and essays
Harrison also published poetry, memoir, reviews and essays about food and the outdoors. The Academy of American Poets records his birth in Grayling and death in Patagonia, Arizona, in 2016; Astro-Databank reports a birth-record-supported 11:00 a.m. time.
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