A Black Prince and Other Stories by Shirley Ann Grau
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A Black Prince and Other Stories by Shirley Ann Grau
Author
Shirley Ann Grau
Lifespan
1929-2020
Author Biography
Shirley Ann Grau, born in New Orleans and raised in both New Orleans and Montgomery, Alabama, showed an early passion for writing and began publishing her stories in 1951. After graduating with honors from Tulane University, she aspired to pursue a career in teaching and writing, but her plans were hindered by gender discrimination. Determined to dedicate herself to writing, she left graduate studies and embarked on a full-time writing career. Grau's literary accomplishments include publishing her first collection of stories, The Black Prince, in 1955, and her first novel, The Hard Blue Sky, in 1958. Notably, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1965 for her novel The Keepers of the House, set in rural Alabama. Throughout her career, Grau has been recognized with honorary doctorates and induction into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame in 2018.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Publication Date
1955
Original Publication
A Black Prince and Other Stories. New York; Knopf, 1955.
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Citation
Grau, Shirley Ann, “A Black Prince and Other Stories by Shirley Ann Grau,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed October 5, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/8214.