Elizabeth Spencer résumé: |
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Born Carrollton, Mississippi |
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Novels: |
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THE NIGHT TRAVELLERS • 1991 THE SALT LINE • 1984 THE SNARE • 1972 NO PLACE FOR AN ANGEL • 1967 KNIGHTS & DRAGONS • 1965 THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA • 1960 THE VOICE AT THE BACK DOOR • 1956 THIS CROOKED WAY • 1952 FIRE IN THE MORNING • 1948 |
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Short Story Collections: |
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THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA AND OTHER ITALIAN TALES (reprints) • 1996 ON THE GULF (reprints) • 1991 JACK OF DIAMONDS AND OTHER STORIES • 1988 MARILEE (reprints) • 1981 THE STORIES OF ELIZABETH SPENCER • 1981 SHIP ISLAND AND OTHER STORIES • 1968 |
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Non-fiction: |
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LANDSCAPES OF THE HEART (memoir) • 1998 |
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Drama: |
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FOR LEASE OR SALE • 1989 |
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Interviews (collected from various publications): |
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CONVERSATIONS WITH ELIZABETH SPENCER • 1991 |
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Awards: |
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PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction • 2007 Governor's Award for Achievement in Literature from the Mississippi Arts Commission • 2006 The William Faulkner Medal for Literary Excellence, awarded by The Faulkner House Society, New Orleans • 2002 Inducted into the N.C. Hall of Fame • 2002 Thomas Wolfe Award for Literature given by UNC-Chapel Hill and the Morgan Foundation • 2002 Cleanth Brooks Medal for achievement awarded by the Fellowship of Southern Writers • 2001 Mississippi State Library Association Award for non-fiction • 1999 Fortner Award for Literature, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC • 1998 Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award for fiction • 1997 J. William Corrington Award for fiction, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA • 1997 Charter Member Fellowship of Southern Writers • 1987; Vice-Chancellor, 1993-1997 North Carolina Governor's Award for Literature • 1994 John Dos Passos Award for Literature • 1992 Salem Award for Distinction in Letters, Salem College • 1992 National Endowment for the Arts Senior Fellowship in Literature Grant • 1988 Election to the American Institute (now American Academy) of Arts & Letters • 1985 Award of Merit Medal for the Short Story, American Academy • 1983 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship • 1983 Bellaman Award • 1968 Donnelly Fellowship, Bryn Mawr College • 1962 McGraw-Hill Fiction Fellowship • 1960 First Rosenthal Award, American Academy • 1957 Kenyon Review Fiction Fellowship • 1956-57 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship • 1953 Recognition Award, American Academy of Arts & Letters • 1952 |
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Memberships: |
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P.E.N., Author's Guild, Fellowship of Southern Writers (charter), American Academy of Arts & Letters |
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Education: |
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, MA • 1943 Belhaven College, Jackson, MS, AB • 1942 J.Z. George High School, Carrollton, MS • 1938 |
Employment: |
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Visiting professor of creative writing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill • 1986-92 Attached to the graduate writing program Concordia University, Montreal, Que., as writer-in-residence, then as adjunct professor • 1976-86 Instructor in English also creative writing University of Mississippi • 1948-51, 52-53 Reporter, Nashville Tennessean • 1945-46 Instructor in English, Ward-Belmont School, Nashville, TN • 1944-45 Instructor in English, Northwest Junior College, Senatobia, MS • 1943-44 |
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Residencies: |
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Concordia University • 1977-78 Hollins College • 1972 University of NC • 1969 Bryn Mawr College • 1962 |
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Criticism: |
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SELF AND COMMUNITY IN THE FICTION OF ELIZABETH SPENCER, by Terry Roberts, LSU Press • 1993 ELIZABETH SPENCER, a book length critical study by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, Twayne Press • 1985 Numerous articles and reviews. |
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Languages include French, Italian, Spanish, German, Belgian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Japanese, Polish, and Bengali |
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A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, was produced in 1962. It starred Olivia de Havilland, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, Rossano Brazzi and Barry Sullivan. A musical version of "The Light in the Piazza" has been composed by Adam Guettel, who also wrote the lyrics. The book was written by the playwright Craig Lucas. The production was first seen at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, in June-July 2003, with Bartlett Sher as artistic director. I was fortunate to be able to attend this performance. The show has now moved on to the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Previews began on January 10 and the premier took place on January 20. It will play there until mid-February. Reviews are now appearing. I also attended performances.
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