Phillips, Gene, 1915-1990

Branch, Edward M. A Bibliography of James T. Farrell Writings, 1921–1957. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959. Metzger, Linda, Ed. Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series, volume 9. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1984. pp. 158-161. Biographical information for Gene Phillips is derived from the collection.

American author and political activist James T. Farrell (1904–1979) published more than 65 volumes in his lifetime, including 26 novels and novellas, 15 collections of short stories, and more than ten books of criticism and collected essays. He achieved critical success and international recognition by the age of thirty-one with the completion of the Studs Lonigan trilogy, which includes Young Lonigan: A Boyhood in Chicago Streets (1932), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and J udgement Day (1935). Known for his realistic, often gritty, portrayal of life in Chicago’s South side (his hometown and the setting for many of his major novels), Farrell has long been considered one of the most influential American writers and thinkers of his time.

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