Drue Heinz Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1998) Winner
Barbara Croft
バーバラ・クロフト
Barbara Kurofto
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 1991-
- Affiliations
- Society of Midland Authors
- Memberships
- Society of Midland Authors
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Drue Heinz Literature Prize | Necessary Fictions | — | University of Pittsburgh Press | 受賞 |
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
1998
Work:
Necessary Fictions
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Primary Colors and Other Stories
1991 Short story collectionA short story collection set in the American Midwest, depicting fragments of lives and the subtle emotional shifts in everyday experience.
familyMidwesteveryday life
Necessary Fictions
1998 Short stories / FictionFollows the Gerhardt family in a mosaic of stories where memory and fiction intersect; characters unravel and move toward a kind of catharsis.
memoryfamilyhealing
Moon's Crossing
2003 NovelA novel exploring personal histories and community memory, where intersecting lives connect past events with the present.
the pastcommunityidentity
Bibliography
- Primary Colors and Other Stories
- Necessary Fictions
- Moon's Crossing
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realistic descriptive proseIntimate, character-focused narration
- Recurring Motifs
- family bonds and fracturesmemory and the influence of the pastMidwestern settings
Legacy
An American writer known for stories and novels about Midwestern characters and families. Awarded the Drue Heinz Literature Prize in 1998 and noted for sensitive portrayals of community and inner life.
Academic Societies
- Society of Midland Authors
Quotes
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“There are only two facts, birth and death, and in between some necessary fictions.” In the case of the Gerhardt family, the once-functional fictions are fraying, unraveling into a painful tangle of self-healing truths. And the sense of relief spills over to the reader, who shares the catharsis.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review by Betsy Kline (1998) (1998)
Trivia
- Grew up in Iowa.
- Lives in Chicago.
- Member of the Society of Midland Authors.