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2 Examples of his poems Poems + Links : "Dinky" and "Stupid"

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2 Examples of his poems Poems + Links : "Dinky" and "Stupid"

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The people he wrote about

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Understanding Raymond Carver, Background, The writer, Life and Death

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Understanding Raymond Carver, Background, The writer, Life and Death

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June 1957, aged 19, he married 16-year-old Maryann Burk (Wikippedia)

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Akram, Henriette & Jørgen

Main Source:

Wikipeda, Litteratursiden.dk
& Google

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A typical American diner

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Overweight had been a part of his own life. The Picture shows him with his second wife Tess Gallager. It was the final chapter in his life, cancer, medicine and bad health (Wikippedia)

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Dinky means : "Tiny, small" or "Dual Income No Kids Yuppie

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The Author - His carrer and writingstyle

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The Author - His carrer and writingstyle

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Raymond dreamt of being a writer and write full-time, since he was a child.

In 1960 Raymond Carver makes  his first appearance short story The Furious Seasons.

In 1988 his last 8 history under the name elephant.

Awards: Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award

Minimalism is generally seen as one of the hallmarks of Carver's work.He describes the ordinary life, the uneducated and regular "working Joe", addicts, people WHO  struggles with life. He writes using a "simple" language, that some call "dirty realism" it's the fiction of a new generation of American authors.

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Raymond Carver with his second wife, the poet Tess Gallagher, photographed in 1984, in Syracuse, New York. Photograph: Bob Adelman/Corbis

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Browse All Poems - Love Poems - Poem Hunter

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Best poems and quotes from famous poets. Read romantic love poems, love quotes, classic poems and best poems. All famous quotes.

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Raymond Carver was born in May 25 1938 Clatskanie, Oregon, United States. He died of lung cancer in August 2 1988 Port Angeles, 50 years old.

Raymond Carver published 10 books of prose and poetry in a career shadowed by alcoholism, poverty.

Background: His father was a skilled sawmill worker from Arkansas,  besides that he was a fisherman and a heavy drinker.

Carver's mother worked on and off as a waitress and a retail clerk and his only brother, James Franklin Carver, was born in 1943.