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Founded by Whit Burnett and Martha Foley in 1931. Story quickly became known for publishing works that would go on to win major awards, including the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. Among authors who found fame in the pages of Story were J.D. Salinger, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Erskine Caldwell, John Cheever, and Richard Wright. 

Saroyan first came ot international attention with the publication of "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" in Story Magazine's February 1934 issue. Saroyan was in contact with Foley and Burnett for years, including well after his final submission to the magazine in 1941. 

 

70,000 Assyrians 04/01/34 Story
His Collaborators 10/01/41 Story
Little Moral Tales 10/01/38 Story
Resurrection of a Life 11/01/34 Story
The Cat 06/01/36 Story
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze 02/01/34 Story
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze 06/01/41 Story
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze Winter 91 Story
The Nurse 04/01/36 Story
The Shepherd's Daughter 05/01/34 Story
The Three Swimmers and the Educated Grocer from Yale 06/01/40 Story
The Trains 07/01/37 Story
To Be a Writer Spring 48 Story
We Want a Touchdown 01/01/38 Story
Young Writer in Hollywood 12/01/37 Story

 

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