Reynolds Price (February 1, 1933 – January 20, 2011), born Edward Reynolds Price, was an American novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and the James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University. Apart from English literature, Price had a lifelong interest in ancient languages and Biblical scholarship. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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