Shirley Ann Gray

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Shirley Ann Grau, 1955

Shirley Ann Grau (born July 8, 1929 (according to other sources 1930 ) in New Orleans , Louisiana , † August 3, 2020 in Kenner , Louisiana) was an American writer . In 1965 she was the second woman after Harper Lee to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Keepers of the House .

Life

Shirley Ann Grau grew up in the state of Alabama . After attending school she studied at Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University , and graduated 1950th

Professional background

The mother of four made her literary debut in 1955 with Black Prince, and Other Stories , a collection of short stories . This was followed by several novels : The Hard Blue Sky (1958), The House on Coliseum Street (Voices of the South) (1961) and The House on Coliseum Street (1961) (German translation 1968 under the title Mädchen aus New Orleans ).

At the height of the civil rights movement in 1964 the novel was published in The Keepers of the House (: German title The keepers of the house ), for Shirley Ann Grau in 1965 as the second wife of Harper Lee Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from April 4 to October 2, 1966 ). The book is about a love affair between a wealthy white man and his black housekeeper in rural Alabama. After the release, Shirley Ann Grau was threatened, including by members of the Ku Klux Klan . According to Shirley Ann Grau, they tried to set fire to a cross in the courtyard of the author's house in Metairie out of anger at the book .

In 1971 Shirley Ann Grau published another novel, The Condor Passes , which was sold in 1972 under the title Der Kondor in a translation by Kurt Wagenseil into German . Subsequently, further collections of short stories as well as the two novels Evidence of Love (1977) and Roadwalkers (1994) appeared under the titles The Wind Shifting West (1973) and Nine Women (1985 ).

Shirley Ann Grau died on August 3, 2020 at the age of 91 in Kenner of complications from a stroke .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c SZ: Shirley Ann Grau died. Retrieved August 7, 2020 . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 181, August 7, 2020, p. 9
  2. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221256526
  3. ↑ Shirley Ann Gray: The Keepers of the House . In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 1966, pp. 135 ( Online - Feb. 28, 1966 ).
  4. ↑ Associated Press: Shirley Ann Grau, Pulitzer Prize-winning author who explored race in the South, dies at 91 August 6, 2020, accessed August 7, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Pulitzer Prize-winning Metairie author dies at 91. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Shirley Ann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 2020
Place of death Kenner , Louisiana