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Shirley Ann Grau

シャーリー アン グラウ

Shirurī An Gurau

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1929-07-08 （New Orleans）
Died
2020-08-03 （Kenner, Louisiana） age 91
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
New Orleans, Louisiana → Montgomery, Alabama → Selma, Alabama → Metairie, Louisiana → Kenner, Louisiana

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
1955-2006
Nominations
National Book Award for Fiction nomination, 1956, The Black Prince

Education

Newcomb College (Tulane University)
Degree: B.A.
Year of Graduation: 1950
Country: United States
Phi Beta Kappa

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1965
Work: The Keepers of the House
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Keepers of the House

1964 Novel

Set in a fictional Alabama town, it deals with an interracial marriage that was illegal and the implications of the mixed-race children later passing as white.

racegenderSouthern society

Bibliography

  • The Black Prince, and Other Stories (1955)
  • The Hard Blue Sky (1958)
  • The House on Coliseum Street (1961)
  • The Keepers of the House (1964)
  • The Condor Passes (1971)
  • The Wind Shifting West (1973)
  • Evidence of Love (1977)
  • Nine Women (1986)
  • Roadwalkers (1994)
  • Selected Stories (2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Southern literature stylefeminist literaturenarrative from women's perspectives
Recurring Motifs
deathdestructionabortionmiscegenationrace issues

Health

  • stroke
    晩年
    Complications led to death at age 91

Legacy

Recognized as an important writer in Southern literature, women's studies, feminist literature, and Southern literature, Pulitzer Prize winner.

Quotes

  • 'Yeah and I'm the Queen of England too,' and I hung up on him.
    Source: Pulitzer Prize anecdote (1965)

Trivia

  • She mistook the Pulitzer Prize call for a prank and hung up on the caller.
  • Married to philosopher James Feibleman.
  • Had four children.