The American author passed away this Saturday from cancer. He was particularly known for his works “Continents adrift” and “Cloud Slayer”.
The American novelist Russell Banks, a great figure in contemporary literature, known for his portraits of the working class, died on Saturday at the age of 82 from cancer.
The author of drifting continents Y cloud killer “He passed away peacefully at his home in upstate New York,” writer Joyce Carol Oates announced Sunday morning. “All of her work was exceptional,” she praised on Twitter.
Many prizes
Novelist, short story writer, and poet, Russell Banks loved to recount the hardships of the working class through characters struggling with poverty, drug addiction, and class and race issues.
The author won the John-Dos-Passos Award in 1995 and many other awards. Two of his works have also been the subject of highly acclaimed films.
Source: BFM TV
