Viola Goode Liddell
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Brief Biography
Viola Goode Liddell was a native of Gastonburg, Alabama. After obtaining her degree from Judson College in 1922, she embarked on a teaching career and later ventured into writing, publishing short pieces in magazines like Holland’s Magazine and The Georgia Review. Along with short stories and a collection of poetry, Liddell wrote memoirs reflecting on her childhood in Gastonburg and her life in Camden, Alabama. Her second memoir, A Place of Springs, won the Alabama Library Association Nonfiction Authors Award in 1981. Liddell passed away in 1998, with her final memoir being published posthumously in 2004.
Publications
Reflections in Rhyme. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Publishing Co., 1944.
With a Southern Accent. Norman; University of Oklahoma Press, 1948.
A Place of Springs. Alabama; University of Alabama Press, 1979.
With a Southern Accent. Norman; University of Oklahoma Press, 1948.
A Place of Springs. Alabama; University of Alabama Press, 1979.
Themes
Viola Goode Liddell wrote short stories, poems, and three memoirs. Her memoirs detail life in Alabama's Black Belt and give glimpses into the South during the Great Depression and the civil rights movement.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
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Citation
Liddell, Viola Goode, “Viola Goode Liddell,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/628.