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Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991). [1]
Jane Smiley, American novelist known for her lyrical works that center on families in pastoral settings. She won a Pulitzer Prize for A Thousand Acres (1991), which is her best-known book. Other novels included Moo (1995), Ten Days in the Hills (2007), and Perestroika in Paris (2020).
Dec 8, 2015 · Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from John Burroughs School. She obtained a A.B. at Vassar College, then earned a M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. While working towards her doctorate, she also ...
Dec 7, 2022 · Since the completion in 2015 of her ambitious multi-generational family saga, The Last Hundred Years trilogy, Jane Smiley has loosened up with two fun novels. A Dangerous Business is an...
Apr 19, 2024 · Toward the end of Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” its narrator takes a moment to flip through her mother’s record collection.
JANE SMILEY is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age. She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults.
Dec 2, 2003 · This popular author (Jane Smiley) won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for this very interesting modern fictional adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear. This is a story about a wealthy Iowa farmer who desires to split up his farm between his three daughters.
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