Annie Proulx
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Edna Annie Proulx was born in Norwich, Connecticut on August 22, 1935. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1969 and earned an M. A. from Sir George Williams University in Montreal in 1973. She was a journalist, wrote nonfiction articles for numerous publications, and was the author of mehr anzeigen several "how-to" books before beginning to write fiction in her 50s. She became the first woman to win the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, for her debut novel Postcards. Her novel The Shipping News won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award in 1994. Accordion Crimes, published in 1996, won the Dos Passos Prize for literature. She also won the O. Henry prize for the year's best short story twice; in 1998 for Brokeback Mountain and in 1999 for The Mud Below. She has written more than 50 articles and stories for periodicals and edited Best American Short Stories of 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Annie Proulx
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis (2022) 209 Exemplare
The Complete Dairy Foods Cookbook: How to Make Everything From Cheese to Custard in Your Own Kitchen (1982) 16 Exemplare
The Gourmet Gardener: Growing Choice Fruits and Vegetables with Spectacular Results (1987) 15 Exemplare
Make Your Own Insulated Window Shutters 3 Exemplare
Stories from Heart Songs 2 Exemplare
The Power of the Dog (Vintage Classics) 2 Exemplare
E. Annie Proulx 4 volume set: Postcards, Accordion Crimes, That Old Ace in the Hole, The Shipping News (2003) 1 Exemplar
The Half-Skinned Steer 1 Exemplar
Scheepsberichten [gratis voorpublikatie] 1 Exemplar
Proulx, Annie Archive 1 Exemplar
Cheeta : My Story (UK HB 1st impression) 1 Exemplar
People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water (in The Best American Short Stories 2000 - KENISON) 1 Exemplar
What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick? (in The Best American Short Stories 2004 - KENISON) 1 Exemplar
Them Old Cowboy Songs 1 Exemplar
1997 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Mitwirkender — 504 Exemplare
Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present (2000) — Mitwirkender — 134 Exemplare
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (2011) — Mitwirkender — 116 Exemplare
These United States: Original Essays by Leading American Writers on Their State within the Union by John Leonard (1995) — Mitwirkender — 90 Exemplare
Telling Stories: The Best of BBC Radio's Recent Short Fiction v. 4 (1995) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Proulx, Annie
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Proulx, Edna Ann
- Andere Namen
- Proulx, E. Annie
Proulx, E. A. - Geburtstag
- 1935-08-22
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Norwich, Connecticut, USA
- Ausbildung
- Deering High School, Portland, Maine, USA
University of Vermont (BA|1969)
Sir George Williams University (MA|1973) - Berufe
- Kurzgeschichtenautorin
Journalistin
Novellistin - Organisationen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 2007)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- John Dos Passos Prize (1997)
Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award (2017)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1994)
O. Henry Prize (1998 and 1999)
National Book Award (1993) - Agent
- Liz Darhansoff (Darhansoff ∙ Verrill and Feldman)
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Group Read: Barkskins by Annie Proulx in 75 Books Challenge for 2018 (März 2018)
Annie Proulx in Other People's Libraries (Juli 2016)
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Das Buch beschreibt den schwerfälligen und unbeholfenen Außenseiter Quoyle. Mit seinen Töchtern und seiner Tante zieht er an den Heimatort der Familie, nach Neufundland. In dieser rauhen Umgebung, geprägt vom Wasser, fasst der dickliche Nichtschwimmer Fuß. In der Lokalzeitung berichtet er über die Schiffsmeldungen und gewinnt langsam Land und Selbstbewusstsein.
Die träge zögerliche Unbeholfenheit der Hauptfigur wird von Matthias Brandt hervorragend umgesetzt. Quoyle steht einem plastisch vor Augen, so wie auch die anderen Personen durch die Lesung Leben gewinnen und einem nahe kommen.
Das Buch erzählt langsam, ohne Action, obwohl durchaus etwas passiert. Doch diese ruhige Geschichte gefiel mir trotzdem sehr, was vor allem am Sprecher liegt.… (mehr)