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The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford is a short story collection by Jean Stafford. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1970. [1]
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford is a short story collection by Jean Stafford. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1970. [1]
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1979.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1970.
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Jean Stafford was an American short story writer and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970.
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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1970.
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