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R. A. Lafferty

R. A. Lafferty, American author (died 2002)

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Born
November 7, 1914
Died
March 18, 2002
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1914

About R. A. Lafferty

Raphael Aloysius Lafferty was an American science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction writer best known for his imaginative and eccentric short stories and novels from the 1960s and 1970s. One of the origins Lafferty has offered for his first name, Raphael, is that it was derived from the day on which he was expected to be born (October 24, the Feast of St. I cut down on it, beginning my writing attempts at about the same time to fill a certain void." His first published story was "The Wagons" in the New Mexico Quarterly Review in 1959.

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The world when R. A. Lafferty was born

R. A. Lafferty was born in 1914. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in R. A. Lafferty's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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