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Shirley Ann Grau

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American writer (1929-2020)

United StatesWritersLived 1929 to 2020 · aged 91
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Shirley Ann Grau was an American writer. Born in New Orleans, she lived part of her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama. Her novels are set primarily in the Deep South and explore issues of race and gender.

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1965Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Shirley Ann Grau was an American writer. Born in New Orleans, she lived part of her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama. Her novels are set primarily in the Deep South and explore issues of race and gender. In 1965 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel The Keepers of the House, set in a fictional Alabama town.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1929 to 2020 · aged 91
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20 languages

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