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He died in 1962 in North Conway, New Hampshire.Samuel Hynes is Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature Emeritus at Princeton University and the author of several major works of literary criticism, including The Auden Generation, Edwardian Occasions, and The Edwardian Turn of Mind. Hynes's wartime experiences as a Marine Corps pilot were the basis for his highly praised memoir, Flights of Passage. The Soldiers' Tale, his book about soldiers' narratives of the two world wars and Vietnam, won a Robert F. Kennedy Award. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.","products":[{"product_id":"the-enormous-room-paperback","title":"The Enormous Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1917 young Edward Estlin Cummings went to France as a volunteer with a Red Cross ambulance unit on the western front. 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