H. L. Davis
Harold Lenoir Davis | |
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| Born | October 18, 1894 Douglas County, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | October 31, 1960 (aged 66) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Notable works | Honey in the Horn |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer 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.