birth_place nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation
asheville , north carolina , usa american 4 november 1950 historical fiction charles frazier
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charles frazier

charles frazier -lrb- born november 4 , 1950 -rrb- is an american historical novelist .
he won the 1997 national book award for fiction for `` cold mountain '' .
