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MAUPIN, Armistead (b. 13 May 1944), writer.

A southern son and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Maupin grew up in a conservative, religious, and traditional environment in the relatively small city of Raleigh, North Carolina.

After graduating with a major in English, he abandoned law school, joined the U.S. Navy, and fought in the Vietnam War. He received a commendation from President Richard Nixon for his involvement in rebuilding housing in Vietnam for disabled Vietnamese veterans of the war.

Back in the United States, Maupin began a career in journalism and even spent some time working for North Carolina senator Jesse Helms. However, with a move to San Francisco to work for the Associated Press in 1971, everything changed.

In the spring of 1976, the first brief installment of his daily column "Tales of the City" appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle (it had started earlier at the Pacific Sun and moved to the Chronicle when