Peter Baida (July 26, 1950 – December 14, 1999) was an American

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writer.

Life

Baida was born in

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and graduated from the

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. He graduated from

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(B.A., magna cum laude, English, 1972),

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(M.A., 1973, creative writing), and the

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with an M.B.A. in 1979. He was the

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's director of direct mail fundraising from 1984 through 1999. His work appeared in ''The Missouri Review'', A writer-in-residence fellowship is named for him at the

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Awards

* 1999 O. Henry Award

Works

Short stories

Non-fiction

Anthologies

Essays

"The Fear of Getting Caught", ''American Heritage Magazine'', Jun 22, 1987Peter Baida, "Review of Sinclair Lewis, If I Were Boss, The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis," ''Economic History'', Dec 7 1997

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baida, Peter 1999 deaths 20th-century American short story writers 1950 births Harvard College alumni Boston University College of Arts and Sciences alumni Wharton School alumni Writers from Baltimore Park School of Baltimore alumni O. Henry Award winners