Howell Vines
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Brief Biography
Howell Vines was a native of Short Creek, Alabama, and spent time in Hueytown, Alabama, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while growing up. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Alabama in 1923, he earned a master’s degree from Harvard University in 1925. Vines taught at several institutions, including William M. Rice Institute (now Rice University) and the University of Richmond, before returning to Alabama, where he focused on writing. Vines wrote and published two novels and two short stories in the 1930s. Although he continued writing, he did not have any further publications before his death in 1981.
Publications
The Green Thicket World. Boston; Little, Brown and Company, 1934.
Themes
Howell Vines was a writer of local-color fiction. His stories are set in the Warrior River basin in northern Alabama where he grew up. Common themes in his writing include nature, folkways, and idiomatic speech.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Collection
Citation
Vines, Howell, “Howell Vines,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/664.