What is William H. Gass?
[[File:William Gass 2011 Shankbone.jpg|thumb|William Gass, 2011]] '''William Howard Gass''' (July 30, 1924 – December 6, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[novelist]], [[critic]] and [[philosophy]] [[professor]]. He wrote three books, ''Omensetter's Luck'' (1966), ''The Tunnel'' (1995) and ''Middle C'' (2013). He also wrote three collections of [[short story|short stories]], a collection of [[novella]]s and seven volumes of [[essay]]s. He won many [[award]]s. Gass was born in [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]]. He grew up in [[Warren, Ohio|Warren]], [[Ohio]]. ==Personal life== He was married to [[architect]] Mary Henderson. They had [[twin]] daughters. Gass died on December 6, 2017 of [[heart failure]] in [[University City, Missouri|University City]], [[Missouri]], at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expatica.com/fr/news/country-news/US-literature_1578233.html|title='Tunnel' author William H. Gass dies at 93|work=Expatica France|date=December 7, 2017|access-date=December 7, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{American Book Awards}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gass, William H.}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American literary critics]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:American essayists]] [[Category:American short story writers]] [[Category:Writers from Ohio]] [[Category:People from Fargo, North Dakota]] [[Category:Writers from North Dakota]] {{US-bio-stub}}