Abbey, Edward
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Birthname | Edward Paul Abbey | ||||
born on | 29 January 1927 at 22:30 (= 10:30 PM ) | ||||
Place | Indiana, Pennsylvania, 40n37, 79w09 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975), which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire (1968).
Edward Abbey died on 14 March 1989 at the age of 62 in his home in Tucson, Arizona. His death was due to complications from surgery; he suffered four days of esophageal hemorrhaging, due to esophageal varices, which is a recurrent problem with one group of veins.
Events
- Other Death 14 March 1989 (Complications following esophageal surgery, age 62)
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield cites birth certificate and baby book quoted in Edward Abbey: A Life by James M. Cahalan (University of Arizona, 2003), p. 3.
Categories
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ social (Environmentalist)
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Anarchist)
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction (Novelist)
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction