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hans zinsser

hans zinsser -lrb- november 17 , 1878 -- september 4 , 1940 -rrb- was an american physician , bacteriologist , and prolific author .
the author of over 200 books and medical articles , he was also a published poet .
some of his verses were published in `` the atlantic monthly '' .
his 1940 publication , `` as i remember him : the biography of r.s. '' , won one of the early national book awards , the sixth and last annual award for nonfiction voted by members of the american booksellers association .
