About John Hopkins
Lived 1938 – 2021 (aged 82). John Hopkins was an American novelist, diarist, writer and traveler.
John Livingston Hopkins Jr. (5 August 1938 – 25 April 2021) was an American novelist and travel writer.
Biography Hopkins was born in Orange, New Jersey.
Hopkins lived in Tangier, Morocco from 1962 to 1979 where he was a member of the Anglo/American literary crowd of the 1960s and 1970s, becoming friends with William Burroughs, Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles.
He wrote several novels, among them Tangier Buzzless Flies and The Flight of the Pelican, and travel memoirs including The Tangier Diaries, The South American Diaries and The White Nile Diaries.
Latterly Hopkins lived in Oxfordshire, England.
Marriage and children Hopkins married Ellen Ann Ragsdale in 1977. They had three sons.
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Who was John Hopkins?
American novelist and travel writer (1938–2021)
When was John Hopkins born?
John Hopkins was born on 5 August 1938 in Orange.
When did John Hopkins die?
John Hopkins died on 25 April 2021.
What was John Hopkins's occupation?
John Hopkins was a novelist, diarist, writer and traveler.
What nationality was John Hopkins?
John Hopkins was American.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: John Hopkins (travel writer)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). John Hopkins. https://biography.guide/john-hopkins-novelist/
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