Writer

Raymond Carver

The short stories that made American minimalism, and an editor who cut them hard.

Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976. His breakout collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), received immediate acclaim and established Carver as an important figure in the literary world. It was followed by Cathedral (1983), which Carver considered his watershed and is widely regarded as his masterpiece. The definitive collection of his stories, Where I'm Calling From, was published shortly before his death in 1988. In their 1989 nomination of Carver for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the jury concluded, "The revival in recent years of the short story is attributable in great measure to Carver's mastery of the form."

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Born
1938-05-25, Clatskanie, USAA Wednesday
Died
1988-08-02, Port Angeles, USAA Tuesday, aged 50
At birth
Sun in Gemini, Moon in Aries
Nationality
United States
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1938-05-25, Clatskanie, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini3°55′Direct
MoonAries13°38′Direct
MercuryTaurus9°30′Direct
VenusCancer1°24′Direct
MarsGemini21°50′Direct
JupiterPisces1°07′Direct
SaturnAries14°35′Direct
UranusTaurus14°53′Direct
NeptuneVirgo18°22′Retrograde
PlutoCancer28°15′Direct

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Death Chart

1988-08-02, Port Angeles, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo10°40′Direct
MoonAries15°06′Direct
MercuryLeo10°16′Direct
VenusGemini26°43′Direct
MarsAries7°42′Direct
JupiterGemini1°53′Direct
SaturnSagittarius26°31′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius27°29′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn7°58′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio9°48′Direct

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