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{{quote|''“He is without question one of the most courageous men I have ever known. Fear was a stranger to him.”''|'''Colonel “Buck” Lanham'''}} |
{{quote|''“He is without question one of the most courageous men I have ever known. Fear was a stranger to him.”''|'''Colonel “Buck” Lanham'''}} |
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American author and [[Nobel Prize]] winner. Has written some of the most famous [[Prose Fiction]] in the English language. First 20th Century writer to get away with the word "fuck". Master of [[Beige Prose]]. Fought in [[World War I]], [[Intrepid Reporter|covered]] [[World War II|the sequel]]. Wrestled lions. Flew airplanes. Caught big fish. Made Mojitos and Daiquiris manly. [[Ate His Gun|Shot himself.]] Shortly before his suicide, claimed to a friend that the FBI was monitoring him. [[Properly Paranoid|He was right.]] |
American author and [[Nobel Prize]] winner. Has written some of the most famous [[Prose Fiction]] in the English language. First 20th Century writer to get away with the word "fuck". Master of [[Beige Prose]]. Fought in [[World War I]], [[Intrepid Reporter|covered]] [[World War II|the sequel]]. [[Badass|Wrestled lions]]. Flew airplanes. Caught big fish. Made Mojitos and Daiquiris manly. [[Ate His Gun|Shot himself.]] Shortly before his suicide, claimed to a friend that the FBI was monitoring him. [[Properly Paranoid|He was right.]] |
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One of the most [[Memetic Badass]] writers in western literature. (Did you see the part about wrestling lions?) [[The Most Interesting Man in the World]] is pretty much an expy of him. |
One of the most [[Memetic Badass]] writers in western literature. (Did you see the part about wrestling lions?) [[The Most Interesting Man in the World]] is pretty much an expy of him. |
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* [[Write What You Know]]: He wrote about [[World War I]] where he served as an ambulance driver and the [[Spanish Civil War]] where he was present as a journalist. He also wrote stories about hunting, fishing and boxing, all things he had personal experience with. |
* [[Write What You Know]]: He wrote about [[World War I]] where he served as an ambulance driver and the [[Spanish Civil War]] where he was present as a journalist. He also wrote stories about hunting, fishing and boxing, all things he had personal experience with. |
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{{Nobel Prize in Literature}} |
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[[Category:Print Long Runners]] |
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