H. L. Davis

Harold Lenoir Davis
BornOctober 18, 1894
Douglas County, Oregon, U.S.
DiedOctober 31, 1960(1960-10-31) (aged 66)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Notable worksHoney in the Horn
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship

Harold Lenoir Davis (October 18, 1894 October 31, 1960), also known as H. L. Davis, was an American novelist and poet. A native of Oregon, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Honey in the Horn, the only Pulitzer Prize for Literature given to a native Oregonian. Later living in California and Texas, he also wrote short stories for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post.