Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1934) Winner
Caroline Pafford Miller
キャロライン・パッフォード・ミラー
Caroline Pafford Miller
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1903-08-26 （Waycross, Georgia, U.S.）
- Died
- 1992-07-12 （Waynesville, North Carolina, U.S.） age 88
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Methodist
- Residence History
- Waycross, Georgia, U.S. → Baxley, Georgia, U.S. → Waynesville, North Carolina, U.S.
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1920-1992
- Influenced By
- Julia Peterkin, William D. Miller (husband, English teacher)
- Influenced
- Margaret Mitchell
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | Lamb in His Bosom | 小説（フィクション） | Pulitzer Prize Board / Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1935 | Prix Femina Americain | Lamb in His Bosom | — | Prix Femina (France) | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Georgia Writers Hall of Fame | — | — | Georgia Writers Hall of Fame / University of Georgia | 殿堂入り |
| 1991 | Caroline Miller Day (commemoration) | — | — | City of Baxley, Georgia | 記念日制定 |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1934
Work:
Lamb in His Bosom
Category:
小説（フィクション）
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board / Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Prix Femina Americain
1935
Work:
Lamb in His Bosom
Organization:
Prix Femina (France)
Result:
受賞
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
2007
Organization:
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame / University of Georgia
Result:
殿堂入り
Caroline Miller Day (commemoration)
1991
Organization:
City of Baxley, Georgia
Result:
記念日制定
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1934) Winner
Works
Major Works
Lamb in His Bosom
1933 NovelSet in the Wiregrass region of 19th-century southern Georgia, the novel portrays the struggles of poor white pioneers. Miller wove local folktales, oral histories, and dialect into the narrative.
regionalismpioneer lifeoral traditionwomen's perspectivespoverty and community
Lebanon
1944 NovelHer second novel, set in rural Georgia, contains a romantic storyline and received mixed reviews from critics.
rural liferomantic elementscommunity relationships
Bibliography
- Lamb in His Bosom (1933)
- Lebanon (1944)
- Short stories and magazine articles (Pictorial Review, Ladies' Home Journal, etc.)
- Lamb in His Bosom (reprinted 1993, Peachtree Publishers)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- regional historical realismuse of vernacular dialect and oral tradition
- Recurring Motifs
- settlement and survivalwomen's experiencescommunity and traditionnature and labor
Legacy
Caroline Pafford Miller was acclaimed for incorporating local oral traditions and dialects into fiction and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1934, raising attention to Southern literature. After her death her work was reappraised, reprinted, inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and her papers are held in university archives.
Academic Societies
- Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
Archives
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Caroline Pafford Miller collection, 1903–1992
- Library of Congress (LCCN: n79021980)
In Popular Culture
- Historical marker in Baxley, Georgia honoring Caroline Miller
- Caroline Miller Day declared by the city of Baxley (1991)
Quotes
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She felt like Cinderella and that the success of her book seemed like a fairy tale.
Source: Pulitzer Prize address, Columbia University, May 7, 1934 (1934) -
By her own definition, the greatest reward given a novelist is 'the knowledge that after he dies he will leave the best part of himself behind.'
Source: Later reflection / biographical commentary
Trivia
- Considered one of the first Georgians to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
- Material for Lamb in His Bosom came from folktales, oral histories and dialects she collected locally.
- Her first husband, William D. Miller, was her English teacher; she later called him 'my college.'
- Her best-known novel was reprinted in 1993 with a new afterword by historian Elizabeth Fox-Genovese.
- In later life she lived quietly in the North Carolina mountains and left several unpublished manuscripts.