Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Powers, J. F. (James Farl)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999
Other form(s) of name
- James Farl Powers
- Powers, James Farl
- J. F. Powers
- Powers, J. F.
- Powers, Jim Powers
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1917-1999
History
J. F. Powers (who signs Jim Powers in his letters to Merton) was an novelist and author of short stories. He was from St. Cloud, Minnesota. The Midwest and Catholicism are a common backdrop for his stories, often telling tales of priests caught between idealism and the realities of parish life. From the 1950's to the mid-1970's, he and his family lived part time in Wicklow, Ireland. (Source: "Powers, J. F." Obituary from Current Biography. Wilson Biographies Plus. Online. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine Library, Louisville, KY. 10 Feb. 2006. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)