Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008

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Studs Terkel was born May 16, 1912, and died in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2008.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre.

From the description of It's a living, [videorecording], 1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612307109 and the description of Studs Terkel papers and book interviews, ca. 1950-1999. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713907330

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Birth 1912-05-16

Death 2008-10-31

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