Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1985) Winner
Alison Lurie
アリソン・ルーリー
Arison Rūrī
Aliases:
Alison Stewart Lurie
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1926-09-03 （Chicago, Illinois, U.S.）
- Died
- 2020-12-03 （Ithaca, New York, U.S.） age 94
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- White Plains, New York → Ithaca, New York → Key West, Florida → Hampstead, London
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Academic
- Active Years
- 1962-2020
- Affiliations
- Cornell University
- Memberships
- Member of American Academy of Arts and Letters, Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Kingsley Amis, David Lodge
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliffe College, Harvard University | — | History and Literature | BA | 1943-1947 | United States |
Radcliffe College, Harvard University
History and Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
1943-1947
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
United States
Bachelor's degree in history and literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | Foreign Affairs | Fiction | Columbia University | Winner |
| 1989 | Prix Femina Étranger | The Truth About Lorin Jones | — | — | Winner |
| 1978 | American Academy of Arts and Letters Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1985
Work:
Foreign Affairs
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Prix Femina Étranger
1989
Work:
The Truth About Lorin Jones
Result:
Winner
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
1978
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Foreign Affairs
1984 NovelA novel about an American scholar's romantic and cultural encounters in England. Pulitzer Prize winner.
AcademiaRomanceCultural Differences
The War Between the Tates
1974 NovelA campus novel about a professor couple's divorce.
MarriageDivorceAcademia
Love and Friendship
1962 NovelLurie's debut novel.
FriendshipLove
Bibliography
- Love and Friendship (1962)
- The Nowhere City (1966)
- Imaginary Friends (1967)
- Real People (1969)
- The War Between the Tates (1974)
- Only Children (1979)
- Foreign Affairs (1984)
- The Truth About Lorin Jones (1988)
- The Last Resort (1998)
- Truth and Consequences (2005)
- The Language of Clothes (1981)
- Don't Tell the Grown-Ups (1990)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalWittyComedy of manners
- Recurring Motifs
- ProfessorsAcademic settingsAdulteryEmotions
Health
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Deaf in one ear, facial muscle damage出生時Complications from forceps delivery
Legacy
Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist known for campus novels and criticism on children's literature. Professor Emerita at Cornell University.
Archives
- Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Trivia
- Father was a sociologist and first executive director of the National Council of Jewish Federations.
- Mother was a journalist and book critic.
- Taught children's literature and writing at Cornell University.