Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1996) Winner
Anderson Ferrell
アンダーソン・フェレル
Anderason Fereru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Wilson County, North Carolina
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Wilson County, North Carolina
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1985-2004
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Whiting Award | Home for a Day | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
Whiting Award
1996
Work:
Home for a Day
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Where She Was
1985 NovelHome for a Day
1994 NovelHave You Heard
2004 NovelBibliography
- Where She Was
- Home for a Day
- Have You Heard
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- melodious backtrackingsweet-tea atmosphericscatty eye for small-town social distinctionskeen ear for fence-line gossip
Legacy
American novelist known for winning the 1996 Whiting Award.
Quotes
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Ferrell's mismanaged plot device fails to spoil his novel. His melodious backtracking and sweet-tea atmospherics, along with his catty eye for small-town social distinctions and his keen ear for fence-line gossip, imbue much of Have You Heard with a juicy charm.
Source: The New York Times (2004)
Trivia
- Originally from Wilson County, North Carolina.