Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
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Leigh Allison Wilson
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Leigh Allison Wilson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1957-10-23 （Rogersville, Tennessee）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Rogersville, Tennessee → Oswego, New York → Omaha, Nebraska — teaching/visit
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1985-
- Affiliations
- State University of New York at Oswego (faculty)
- Nominations
- Pulitzer Prize nomination for 'Wind'
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams College | — | — | B.A. | 1970年代 | United States |
| University of Virginia | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa) | — | Creative writing (MFA) | MFA | — | United States |
Williams College
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1970年代
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Graduated magna cum laude
University of Virginia
Country:
United States
Studied coursework
Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa)
Creative writing (MFA)
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA obtained (exact year unknown)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Flannery O'Connor Award | From The Bottom Up | — | University of Georgia Press | winner |
| 1989 | Pulitzer Prize | Wind | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | nominated |
| — | James A. Michener Fellow | — | — | Copernicus Society | fellowship |
Flannery O'Connor Award
2008
Work:
From The Bottom Up
Organization:
University of Georgia Press
Result:
winner
Pulitzer Prize
1989
Work:
Wind
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
nominated
James A. Michener Fellow
Organization:
Copernicus Society
Result:
fellowship
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
From The Bottom Up
2008 Short story collectionA short story collection depicting lives in Appalachia and the American South from varied perspectives, exploring family, memory, and everyday struggles.
familymemoryAppalachian regionalismidentity
Wind
1989 Short story collectionAn early collection of short stories focusing on loss and interior lives set against Southern landscapes.
lossSouthern landscapehuman relationships
Bullhead
2004 Short storyA short piece that sketches fragments of personal life and feeling; notably read on NPR in 2008.
personal historytensions in daily life
Positional Vertigo
2008 Short storyA short story using bodily sensation and anxiety as motifs, expressing the world's displacements through a personal perspective.
anxietybodily sensationshifting perspectives
Bibliography
- Wind
- From The Bottom Up
- Bullhead (short story)
- Positional Vertigo (short story)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realistic, concise prosedepiction of Southern/Appalachian regionalismpsychological focus on characters' interiority
- Recurring Motifs
- family and kinshiplandscape (especially Appalachia)memory and loss
Legacy
Leigh Allison Wilson is recognized for her short fiction set in Appalachia and the American South. A Flannery O'Connor Award winner and a university teacher, she has contributed to the education and dissemination of short fiction; her work has appeared in several magazines and was read on NPR.
Trivia
- 'Bullhead' was read on National Public Radio (NPR) in 2008.
- 'From The Bottom Up' won the Flannery O'Connor Award and was published by the University of Georgia Press.
- 'Wind' is reported to have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.