Jim Harrison

James "Jim" Harrison (December 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016) was an American author. He was known for his poetry, fiction, reviews, essays about the outdoors, and writings about food. He was best known for his 1979 novella Legends of the Fall. He has been called "a force of nature",^[1] and his work has been compared to that of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway.^[2]

Jim Harrison (Writer)
Born	James Harrison (1937-12-11)December 11, 1937 Grayling, Michigan, United States
Died	March 26, 2016(2016-03-26) (aged 78) Patagonia, Arizona, United States
Occupation	Novelist, poet, essayist
Genre	Fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Spouse	Linda King Harrison (d. October 2, 2015)
Children	2 daughters: Jamie Potenberg and Anna Hjortsberg

Harrison died of a heart attack on March 26, 2016, aged 78.^[3]

Related pages

• List of poets from North America