Elise Sanguinetti
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Brief Biography
Elise Sanguinetti was a native of Anniston, Alabama. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Alabama under the mentorship of Hudson Strode and collaborated with Harper Lee on The Rammer-Jammer, the university's humor magazine. After graduation, she worked as a reporter for The Anniston Star for four years before deciding to move to Pittsburgh and pursue fiction writing. She began publishing short stories in prominent literary journals in 1960 and also wrote several novels over the years. She died in 2014.
Publications
The Last of the Whitfields. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1962.
The New Girl. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1964.
The Dowager. New York; Scribner, 1968.
McBee's Station. New York; Holt, 1971.
The New Girl. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1964.
The Dowager. New York; Scribner, 1968.
McBee's Station. New York; Holt, 1971.
Themes
Elise Sanguinetti wrote feature stories, short stories, and novels. In her novels, she immersed readers in southern settings while capturing the intricate shifts within southern society in the 1950s and 1960s.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
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Citation
Sanguinetti, Elise, “Elise Sanguinetti,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 20, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/650.