James Gould Cozzens (1903 13 August 1903 - 8 August 1978) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist. 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cozzens won a 1936 O. Henry Award for his short story "Total Stranger" published in the Saturday Evening Post on February 15, 1936. Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... The O. Henry Awards are yearly prizes given to short stories of exceptional merit. ... This article is in need of attention. ... There have been many publications called the Saturday Evening Post; several were/are local British newspapers. ...

His early novels include S.S. San Pedro (1931), The Last Adam (1933), Ask Me Tomorrow (1941) and The Just and the Unjust (1942). During World War II, Cozzens served in the Army Air Corps stateside, and subsequently used his experiences with the military hierarchy for the basis of his 1948 novel Guard of Honor, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949. His 1957 novel By Love Possessed became a surprise runaway bestseller, landing the author on the cover of Time magazine; the novel was also very loosely adapted into a film in 1961 starring Lana Turner. Cozzens' last novel, Morning, Noon and Night was published in 1968. 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million... The Army Air Corps is a vital component of the British Army. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Guard of Honor - Pulitzer Prize winning novel by James Gould Cozzens published in 1948. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on a list of top-sellers. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lana Turner Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress famed early in her career for her appearances in tight sweaters, and her smoldering sensuality, and later in her career for sudsy romance films with maximal glamorous evening gowns and tragedy. ... Morning, Noon and Night is a 1995 novel by Sidney Sheldon. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

The characters in Cozzens' novels are primarily professional, middle-class white men--a doctor in 'The Last Adam', a lawyer in By Love Possessed, for example--who confront issues such as duty and ethics in their careers while at the same time attempting to reconcile these with the emotional demands of their personal lives. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... A lawyer is a person who advises clients in legal matters and represents them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ... // Ethics Duty is a term loosely applied to any action (or course of action) which is regarded as morally incumbent, apart from personal likes and dislikes or any external compulsion. ... Ethics (from Greek ἦθος meaning custom) is the branch of axiology, one of the four major branches of philosophy, which attempts to understand the nature of morality; to define that which is right from that which is wrong. ...

Cozzens, first novel "Confusion" was published while he was till a student at Harvard.

Selected works

• 1924 Confusion
• 1928 Cock Pit
• 1929 The Son of Perdition
• 1931 S.S. San Pedro
• 1933 The Last Adam
• 1936 Men and Brethren
• 1940 Ask Me Tomorrow
• 1942 The Just and the Unjust
• 1948 Guard of Honor
• 1957 By Love Possessed
• 1968 Morning, Noon, and Night

Works about James Gould Cozzens

The Novels of James Gould Cozzens Frederick Bracher Harcourt Brace 1959

James Gould Cozzens, A Life Apart Matthew J. Bruccoli Harcourt Brace 1983

James Gould Cozzens, A Time of War, Air Force Diaries and Pentagon Memos 1943-45 Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli Harvard University 1984

James Gould Cozzens A Descriptive Bibliography Matthew J. Bruccoli University of Pittsburgh Press 1981

James Gould Cozzens A Checklist Compiled by James B. Merriwether Matthew J. Bruccoli and C.E. Frazer Clark 1972