| 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
Adopted
Heart Attack
Heart Bypass Operation quintuple
Hip Replacement Surgery
Cholecystectomy
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)
Texas (1985, novel)
The World Is My Home (1992, memoir)
A Century of Sonnets (1997)
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