Jack Henry Abbott
American Author, murderer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jack Henry Abbott (January 21, 1944 – February 10, 2002) was an American criminal and author. With a long history of criminal convictions, Abbott's writing concerning his life and experiences was lauded by a number of well-known literary critics, including author Norman Mailer. Due partly to lobbying by Mailer and others on Abbott's behalf, Abbott was released from prison in 1981 where he was serving sentences for forgery, manslaughter, and bank robbery. Abbott's memoir In the Belly of the Beast was published with positive reviews soon after his release. Six weeks after being paroled from prison, Abbott stabbed and killed a waiter outside a New York City cafe. Abbott was convicted and sent back to prison, where he killed himself in 2002.
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Born | Jack Henry Abbott (1944-01-21)January 21, 1944 Oscoda, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | February 10, 2002(2002-02-10) (aged 58) Wende Correctional Facility, Alden, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Career criminal |
Period | 1981–1987 |
Subject | Prison life |
Abbott described his life as being a "state-raised convict", spending much of his life since age 12 in confinement in state facilities, including solitary confinement. He wrote that because of confinement with other violent offenders from whom he could not escape, he developed a subjective perspective that every encounter was potentially threatening.[1]: 71