Kent Haruf, ‘a great writer and a great man’, dies aged 71

Tributes paid to US novelist celebrated for his understated novels of smalltown life

American author Kent Haruf, whose most recent novel Benediction was shortlisted for the Folio prize, has died aged 71.

Pan Macmillan, Haruf’s UK publisher, said that the novelist died on Sunday 30 November, praising his “beautifully restrained, profoundly felt novels” which it said “reflected a man of integrity, honesty and deep thoughtfulness”.

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