Editing MacKinlay Kantor (section)

{{Short description|American journalist (1904–1977)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name         = MacKinlay Kantor
| image        = MacKinlay Kantor (1950).jpg
| caption      = Kantor in 1950
| birth_name   = Benjamin McKinlay Kantor
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1904|2|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Webster City, Iowa]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1977|10|11|1904|2|4|mf=y}}
| death_place  = [[Sarasota, Florida]], U.S.
| notableworks = ''Andersonville'' (Pulitzer Prize)
| spouse       = Florence Layne
| children     = 2
}}
[[File:Novelist MacKinlay Kantor playing the guitar2.jpg|thumb|right|{{center|Kantor in [[Sarasota]] (1950)}}]]
'''MacKinlay Kantor''' (February 4, 1904&nbsp;&ndash; October 11, 1977),<ref name=DML>{{cite book |last1= Kidd|first1= Robin L.|editor1-first= Philip A.|editor1-last= Greasley|title= Dictionary of Midwestern Literature|volume=One: The Authors |url=  https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnuYKJSoHCMC&pg=PP1|access-date= June 27, 2010|year= 2001 |publisher= Indiana University Press|location= Bloomington, IN|isbn= 978-0-253-33609-5 |pages= 251|chapter= MacKinlay Kantor|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnuYKJSoHCMC&pg=PA292 }}</ref> born '''Benjamin McKinlay Kantor''',<ref name="DML" /> was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter.  He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the [[American Civil War]], and was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in 1956 for his 1955 novel, [[Andersonville (novel)|''Andersonville'']]. He also wrote the novel ''Gettysburg'', set during the Civil War.