Paule Marshall (1929–2019)
Auteur van Brown Girl, Brownstones
Over de Auteur
Paule Marshall was born on April 9, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. She received a B.A. in English literature from Brooklyn College in 1953. She worked briefly as a librarian before joining Our World magazine. Her first novel, Brown Girl, Brownstones, was published in 1959. Her other novels include The toon meer Chosen Place, the Timeless People; Daughters; and The Fisher King. She is also the author of two collections of short fiction: Soul Clap Hands and Sing, which received the National Institute of Arts Award, and Reena and Other Stories. She has received several awards including the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature and the Columbus Foundation American Book Award for Praisesong for the Widow in 1983. Paule Marshall passed away on August 12, 2019 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Burke, Valenza Pauline (birth name)
- Geboortedatum
- 1929-04-09
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2019-08-12
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Opleiding
- Girls High School
Hunter College
Brooklyn College (BA ∙ 1952) - Beroepen
- librarian
novelist
short-story writer
teacher - Organisaties
- Our World
Yale University
Columbia University
Virginia Commonwealth University
New York University - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- John Dos Passos Prize (1989)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1961)
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2010)
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