The Wind Shifting West by Shirley Ann Grau

The Wind Shifting West by Shirley Ann Grau

Shirley Ann Grau

1929-2020

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.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org

1973

The Wind Shifting West. New York; Knopf, 1973.

AL Book Collection

Grau, Shirley Ann, “The Wind Shifting West by Shirley Ann Grau,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed October 5, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/8219.