Q:Information:  - Henry William Hoffman ( May 16 , 1925 -- September 12 , 2009 ) was an American writer who published thirteen novels and four books of short stories . A native of Charleston , West Virginia , he lived in Charlotte Court House , Virginia . William Hoffman was the recipient of the 1992 John Dos Passos Prize For Literature . In 1996 he was awarded the O. Henry Prize . In 1999 he received The Dashiell Hammett Award for the book Tidewater Blood . His short story `` Dancer , '' published in The Sewanee Review , won the 1989 Andrew Lytle Prize .  - Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2013 Census Estimate, it had a population of 50,821, while its metropolitan area had 224,743. It is a center of government, commerce, and industry. Early industries important to Charleston included salt and the first natural gas well. Later, coal became central to economic prosperity in the city and the surrounding area. Today, trade, utilities, government, medicine, and education play central roles in the city's economy.  - Medicine (British English ; American English ) is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. The word "medicine" is derived from Latin "medicus", meaning "a physician". Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others.    Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'languages spoken or written' with the subject 'william hoffman '.  Choices: - american english  - english
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american english