Shirley Ann Grau
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Shirley Ann Grau (born July 8, 1929) Born in New Orleans,[1] her work is set primarily in the Deep South,[1] and explores issues of race and gender. She spent much of her childhood in rural Alabama with her mother. She graduated in 1950 from Newcomb College of Tulane University.[2] Her 1964 saga The Keepers of the House was awarded the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[3] (For a brief article on Shirley Ann Grau, her biography, her work, and her world view, see "The World According To Grau," a 1998 feature story by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor in Metro Newspaper, San Jose, CA http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.26.98/cover/lit-grau-9808.html)
[edit] Bibliography
- The Black Prince, and Other Stories (short stories; 1955)[2]
- The Hard Blue Sky (1958)[2]
- The House on Coliseum Street (1961)[2]
- The Keepers of the House (1964)[2]
- The Condor Passes (1971)[2]
- The Wind Shifting West (short stories; 1973)[2]
- Evidence of Love (1977)[2]
- Nine Women (short stories; 1986)[2]
- Roadwalkers (1994)[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Shirley Ann Grau, Never Backing Down". The Washington Post. 2003-12-26. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-299614.html. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Grau, Shirley Ann". Contemporary Novelists. 2001-01-01. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3401500237.html. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- ^ "Pulitzer Winner Writes Between Domestic Crises". Edmonton Journal. 1965-07-05. p. 13. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=-CBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GIgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1046,594981&dq=shirley+ann+grau+pulitzer&hl=en. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
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