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J. Hyatt Downing (1888-1973) was an American writer.〔(University of Iowa library )〕 ==Biography== John Hyatt Downing was born on March 18, 1888 in Granville, Iowa.〔〔John R. Milton, ''The Literature of South Dakota'', Dakota Press, 1976, p. 254 ()〕〔Clarence A. Andrews, ''A Literary History of Iowa'', University of Iowa Press, 1972, pp. 38-42 ()〕 He grew up in Hawarden, Iowa and Blunt, South Dakota.〔〔 He worked on his father's ranch and as a railroad surveyor for the Northwestern Railroad, hotel's night clerk and sherpherd in Wyoming, Nebraska and the Black Hills.〔〔 He then graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1913.〔〔 He worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Aberdeen, South Dakota.〔〔 He married Mary McGinnis and they had one son, John, in 1921.〔 They moved to Carlsbad, New Mexico and managed an alfalfa farm shortly after he had contracted tuberculosis, but returned to the Midwest by 1925.〔〔 From 1925 to 1930 he published short stories in ''Scribner's Magazine'', while working as an insurance agent in Saint Paul, Minnesota.〔 His first novel, ''A Prayer for Tomorrow'', was a semi-autobiographical account of the ranching culture in South Dakota.〔Joel Johnson, 'Literature and the Political Cultures of South Dakota', in ''The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture'', Jon K. Lauck (ed.), John E. Miller (ed.), Donald C. Simmons, Jr. (ed.), Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2011, p. 169〕 He moved to Sioux City, Iowa and wrote four more novels, including ''Sioux City'', which he sold to the movies.〔 For this reason, he moved to Los Angeles, though the movie was never made and he wrote publicity and radio scripts for Twentieth Century Fox instead.〔〔 His last short story was published in ''Reader's Digest'' in 1963.〔 His novel ''Four on the Trail'' was a paperback Western only released in England.〔Anthony T. Wadden, 'J. Hyatt Downing: The Chronicle of an Era' in (''Books at Iowa 8'' ), 1977, p. 56〕 He died in 1973.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. Hyatt Downing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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