Eugenia Collier

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Eugenia W. Collier (born April 6, 1928)[1] is an American writer and critic best known for her 1969 short story "Marigolds", which won the first Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction in 1969; it was Collier’s first published story.[2][3] She was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Collier's collection, Breeder and Other Stories, was released in 1993.

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Collier's "Marigolds" is one of the most widely anthologized short stories in high school English textbooks.[5] Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the story describes the moment that the 14-year-old narrator, Lizabeth, comes of age. It is the moment she is first able to feel the pain of another human being, and Collier's narrative argues that innocence and compassion cannot exist in the same person. It is widely used as a catalyst book for the coming of age unit in high school English classes.

The former English Chair at

magna cum laude from Howard University in 1948, and was awarded an M.A. from Columbia University two years later. In 1976, she earned a PhD from the University of Maryland.[1]

She married Charles S. Collier in 1950. They had three sons: Charles M. Collier, Robert N. Collier, and Philip Collier.[6]

Since retiring in 1996, Collier continues to live in Baltimore, and occasionally visits classes to discuss creative writing and her stories.

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  3. ^ Negro Digest, Jan. 1970, p. 50
  4. ^ "Eugenia Collier Breeder and other stories". Baltimore Afro-American. September 10, 1994. pp. B4. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
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