Robert Olen Butler Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2009) Winner
Annie Weatherwax
アニー・ウェザーワックス
Anī Wezāwakkusu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Roslindale (Boston)
Career
- Occupations
- artist, author, visual artist, sculptor
- Active Years
- 2009-2024
- Affiliations
- Nickelodeon, DC Comics, Warner Brothers, Pixar
- Influenced By
- Flannery O'Connor, Alice Neel, Lorrie Moore, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island School of Design | — | — | — | — | United States |
Rhode Island School of Design
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Robert Olen Butler Prize | — | Fiction | — | Winner |
| 2014 | Massachusetts Book Award | All We Had | — | — | Finalist |
| 2018 | Yaddo Fellowship | — | Writing | Yaddo | Winner |
Robert Olen Butler Prize
2009
Category:
Fiction
Result:
Winner
Massachusetts Book Award
2014
Work:
All We Had
Result:
Finalist
Yaddo Fellowship
2018
Category:
Writing
Organization:
Yaddo
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
All We Had
2014 NovelA novel about a mother and daughter struggling with poverty, focusing on economic hardships and social justice.
social justicepovertymother-daughter relationship
Adaptations
- [Film] All We Had / Katie Holmes (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- comic realism
- Recurring Motifs
- social justicerelationship between visual arts and writing
Health
-
dyslexia幼少期からStruggled in school, slow reader but loves reading
Legacy
Known for blending visual arts and writing; 'All We Had' selected for Oprah's Book Club and adapted into a film.
In Popular Culture
- Oprah's Book Club pick
- Film directed by Katie Holmes
Quotes
-
I struggled a lot when I was kid. I'm an exceedingly slow reader.
Source: Boston Globe interview (2014)
Trivia
- Has dyslexia
- 'All We Had' was a Washingtonian Top 10 Books for August 2014