No less than Ernest Hemingway said "My favorite living writer is Dawn Powell."
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Dawn Powell wrote about Mr. Hemingway the year after he commit suicide:
No first-rate genius was ever a family man and no reason for family
to think they understood him or knew him just because he was obliged
to board with them for 18 or 20 years.
They are proud, jealous and bewildered when the world finds a swan–
didn't Sister get better grades in Geography? Wasn't Ethel a prize
debater? Wasn't Phil a leading man in the high school play?
Where did this swan get his genius?
The Diaries Of Dawn Powell 1931-1965
July 31, 1962
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But Powell may have had Hemingway in mind on August 14, 1957:
The complete egotist not only writes but fights every minute for his writing
and his own professional advancement, losing no tears or blood on family
or friends or even difficult lover.
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More quotes from Ms. Powell appear on the next page but numerous Godfather pages
dedicated to "Hemingway's favorite living writer" begin here.
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