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Raymond Carver (May 25, 1938 - August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet.
Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon. For a time, Carver studied under the author John Gardner at Chico State College in Chico, California. He published a number of short stories over his lifetime that describe blue collar life in a number of periodicals, including The New Yorker and Esquire, which were later collected into books.
Carver was the husband of poet Tess Gallagher. He was a close frie..
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