Memorial Page for Elmore Leonard (née Elmore John Leonard Jr.)
American novelist and screenwriter
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Elmore Leonard (* October 11, 1925 in New Orleans; † August 20, 2013 in Detroit) was an american novelist and screenwriter. He was 87 years old. His education included University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy and University of Detroit Mercy. His faith was Catholicism. He received 8 awards, including Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation. His cause of death was stroke. He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery.
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10 EventsBorn in New Orleans, Orleans County
1925Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
1984LaBrava
Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation
1985LaBrava
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1986City Primeval
Hammett Prize
1991The Grand Master
1992Michigan Author Award
1996Cartier Diamond Dagger
2006Owen Wister Award
2009Died in Detroit, Wayne County (stroke)
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Elmore Leonard (née Elmore John Leonard Jr.). Forever remembered.