| James A. Michener  AKA James Albert Michener
Born: 3-Feb-1907
Birthplace: Doylestown, PA
Died: 16-Oct-1997
Location of death: Austin, TX
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Remains: Buried, Austin Memorial Park, Austin, TX
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: South Pacific Military service: US Navy (WWII. Lt. Commander, naval historian in the South Pacific) A foundling, discovered as a baby in Doylestown, PA. Mother: Mabel Michener (adoptive)
Wife: Mari Yoriko Sabusawa (m. 1954, d. 1994)
University: Doylestown High School
University: Swarthmore College (1929)
Academy of Achievement (1971)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1948 for Tales of the South Pacific
Presidential Medal of Freedom 10-Jan-1977
Heart Attack
Heart Bypass Operation quintuple
Hip Replacement Surgery
Author of books:
Tales of the South Pacific (1947, novel)
The Fires of Spring (1949, memoir)
Hawaii (1959, novel)
The Source (1965, novel)
Iberia: Spanish Travels and Reflections (1968, travelogue)
The Drifters (1971, novel)
Centennial (1974, novel)
Chesapeake (1978, novel)
The Covenant (1980, novel)
Space (1982, novel)
The World Is My Home (1992, memoir)
A Century of Sonnets (1997)
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