Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1929) Winner
Julia Peterkin
ジュリア・ピーターキン
Julia Peterkin
Aliases:
Julia Mood
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1880-10-31 （Laurens County, South Carolina）
- Died
- 1961-08-10 age 80
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Laurens County, South Carolina → Spartanburg, South Carolina → Fort Motte, South Carolina → Lang Syne Plantation
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Teacher, Actress
- Active Years
- 1924-1934
- Affiliations
- Town Theatre
- Influenced By
- H. L. Mencken, Carl Sandburg, Doris Ulmann
- Influenced
- Caroline Pafford Miller
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converse University | — | — | BA, MA | 1896-1897 | United States |
Converse University
Degree:
BA, MA
Period:
1896-1897
Year of Graduation:
1897
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Pulitzer Prize | Scarlet Sister Mary | Fiction | Columbia University | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize
1929
Work:
Scarlet Sister Mary
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1929) Winner
Works
Major Works
Scarlet Sister Mary
1928 NovelA novel depicting Gullah life. Pulitzer Prize winner.
Gullah cultureSouthern lifeAfrican American experience
Adaptations
- [Play] Scarlet Sister Mary (1930)
Green Thursday
1924 Short storiesCollection of short stories.
Gullah culture
Roll, Jordan, Roll
1933 PhotobookWork on Gullah people with photographs by Doris Ulmann.
Gullah culture
Bibliography
- Green Thursday
- Black April
- Scarlet Sister Mary
- Bright Skin
- Roll, Jordan, Roll
- A Plantation Christmas
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Use of Gullah languageDepiction of Southern dialect
- Recurring Motifs
- Gullah peoplePlantation lifeAfrican American experience
Legacy
Known as a white author who depicted African American life, especially Gullah people, and won the Pulitzer Prize. The Julia Peterkin Award established at Converse University.
Trivia
- Her Pulitzer-winning novel sparked controversy in the South as obscene
- Convinced H.L. Mencken to be her literary agent
- One of the few white authors to incorporate Gullah language in novels