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Harry Mathews
Harry Mathews (1930–2017) was born in New York City and spent his adult life in the United States and France. Along with John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler, he was a founding editor of the literary journal Locus Solus. He was the first American member of the Oulipo, a provocative literary group in Paris. Mathews wrote poetry, short fiction, essays, translations from French, and seven novels, including Tlooth, Cigarettes, and My Life in CIA.