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Elizabeth Spencer
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1921 to 2019 · aged 98
Elizabeth Spencer was an American writer. Spencer's first novel, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948. She wrote a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir, and a play.
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2019Died22 December 20192007PEN/Malamud AwardAward1994North Carolina Award for LiteratureAward1991Dos Passos PrizeAward1953Guggenheim FellowshipAward1921Born19 July 1921
Awards
About this person
Her novella The Light in the Piazza (1960) was adapted for the screen in 1962 and transformed into a Broadway musical of the same name in 2005. She was a five-time recipient of the O. Henry Award for short fiction.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2019 · aged 98
Where to find them
The same award as Elizabeth
Paule MarshallBoth received Dos Passos Prize
Nam LeBoth received PEN/Malamud Award
Fred ChappellBoth received North Carolina Award for LiteratureWilliam LeuchtenburgBoth received North Carolina Award for Literature
Nell FreudenbergerBoth received PEN/Malamud Award
John Edgar WidemanBoth received Dos Passos Prize
Nam LeBoth received PEN/Malamud AwardFred ChappellBoth received North Carolina Award for LiteratureWilliam LeuchtenburgBoth received North Carolina Award for LiteratureNell FreudenbergerBoth received PEN/Malamud AwardJohn Edgar WidemanBoth received Dos Passos Prize