Shirley Ann Grau
Shirley Ann Grau | |
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 Grau in 1965 | |
| Born | July 8, 1929 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 2020 (aged 91) Kenner, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Tulane University (BA) |
| Years active | 1955–2006 |
| Notable works | The Keepers of the House |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1965 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
Shirley Ann Grau (July 8, 1929 – August 3, 2020) was an American writer. Born in
Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel The Keepers of the House
, set in a fictional Alabama town.
Early life
Grau was born in
Newcomb College, the women's coordinate college of Tulane University.[4]
Career
Grau's first collection of stories The Black Prince was nominated for the
passing as white
.
The morning she was called about the Pulitzer Prize, she thought it was a practical joke from a friend whose voice she thought she recognized. "'I was awfully short-tempered that morning because I'd been up all night with one of my children,' Grau said ... 'So, I said to the voice I mistook, "yeah and I'm the Queen of England too," and I hung up on him.'" The Pulitzer Prize committee member did not give up and called her publisher Alfred A. Knopf. "The news got to me, but that was very embarrassing."[8]
Themes
Grau's writing explores issues of death, destruction,
Southern literature.[10]
Personal life
In 1955 Grau married
Metairie, on the outskirts of New Orleans. They were still married when he died in 1987. Grau died on August 3, 2020, at a retirement home in Kenner, Louisiana. She was 91 and had suffered from complications of a stroke.[2][5]
Bibliography
- The Black Prince, and Other Stories (short stories; 1955) ISBN 978-0394417066[4]
- The Hard Blue Sky (1958) ISBN 978-0807126905[4]
- The House on Coliseum Street (1961) ISBN 978-0807121016[4]
- ISBN 978-1400030743[4]
- The Condor Passes (1971) ISBN 978-1412812504[4]
- The Wind Shifting West (short stories; 1973) ISBN 978-0394488905[4]
- Evidence of Love (1977) ISBN 978-0394411156[4]
- Nine Women (short stories; 1986) ISBN 978-0394548456[4]
- Roadwalkers (1994) ISBN 978-0679432333[4]
- Selected Stories (2006) ISBN 9780807128831[11]
References
- ^ a b Simpson, Doug (December 26, 2003). "Shirley Ann Grau, Never Backing Down". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Smith, Harrison (August 4, 2020). "Shirley Ann Grau, a 'quiet force' in Southern literature, dies at 91". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ Bass, Erin Z. (October 31, 2013). "Interview With Shirley Ann Grau (full transcript)". Deep South Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Grau, Shirley Ann". Contemporary Novelists. January 1, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ a b Pope, John (August 3, 2020). "Shirley Ann Grau, Metairie author who won Pulitzer Prize in 1965, dies at 91". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Pulitzer Winner Writes Between Domestic Crises". Edmonton Journal. July 5, 1965. p. 13. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ Allen-Taylor, J. Douglas (February 26, 1998). "The World According To Grau". Metro Newspaper. San Jose, California. Archived from the original on February 18, 1999. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ Bass, Erin Z. (October 31, 2013). "The Undramatic Life of Shirley Ann Grau". Deep South Magazine. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ^ "Shirley Ann Grau profile". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- Know Louisiana. Archivedfrom the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-2883-1. Archivedfrom the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
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