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Samuel Hynes

1924 – 2019

American writer

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About Samuel Hynes

Lived 1924 – 2019 (aged 95). Samuel Hynes was an American writer, aircraft pilot, literary theorist, university teacher and literary scholar.

Samuel Lynn Hynes (August 29, 1924 – October 9, 2019) was an American author. He won a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for The Soldiers' Tale in 1998.

Biography Hynes was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Minnesota and Columbia University. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Burns interviewed Hynes again for The Vietnam War (2017), where Hynes discussed his experiences at Northwestern University during its anti-Vietnam War protests.

Hynes was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature emeritus at Princeton University. His other books include On War and Writing (University of Chicago Press, 2018), A War Imagined, The Growing Seasons and The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in October 2014.

Family One of Hynes's children, daughter Miranda, has lived in the United Kingdom since the 1970s, where she is married to Briton Anthony Preston. Two of their children, Alex Preston (born 1979), an author and journalist, and his brother Samuel Preston (born 1982), lead singer of British band The Ordinary Boys, are among his grandsons.

Death Hynes died of congestive heart failure at the age of 95 in his home in Princeton, New Jersey, on October 9, 2019.

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Important facts

Birth century
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Education
University of Minnesota
Positions held
Booker Prize judge
Employers
Princeton University
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; Distinguished Flying Cross; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Guggenheim Fellowship
Also known as
Samuel Lynn Hynes

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Samuel Hynes?

American writer (1924–2019)

When was Samuel Hynes born?

Samuel Hynes was born on 29 August 1924 in Chicago.

When did Samuel Hynes die?

Samuel Hynes died on 9 October 2019 in Princeton.

What was Samuel Hynes's occupation?

Samuel Hynes was a writer, aircraft pilot, literary theorist, university teacher and literary scholar.

What nationality was Samuel Hynes?

Samuel Hynes was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Samuel Hynes

· Wikidata: Q16947809

· DBpedia: Samuel Hynes

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