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Alison Lurie

January 13, 2023

For the rapper Allison Jayne Lurie, see Fan 3.

Alison Stewart Lurie (September 3, 1926 – December 3, 2020) was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she wrote many non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.

Alison Lurie
Alison Lurie in 1987
BornAlison Stewart Lurie
(1926-09-03)September 3, 1926
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedDecember 3, 2020(2020-12-03) (aged 94)
Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • academic
EducationRadcliffe College (BA)
Period1962–2020
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Fiction (1985)
Spouse
Jonathan Peale Bishop
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(m. 1948; div. 1985)​

Edward Hower
Children3

Life

Alison Stewart Lurie was born on September 3, 1926, in Chicago,[1] and raised in White Plains, New York. Her father Harry Lawrence Lurie was a sociologist, and her mother Bernice Lurie (née Stewart) was a journalist and book critic.[2] Her father was born in Latvia and her mother was born in Scotland.[3] Her father served as the First Executive Director of the National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds.[4] Due to complications with a forceps delivery, she was born deaf in one ear and with damage to her facial muscles.[5] She attended a boarding school in Darien, Connecticut,[5] and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1947 with a bachelor's degree in history and literature.[2]

Lurie met literary scholar Jonathan Peale Bishop while in college,[6] and they married in 1948.[2] Bishop later taught at Amherst College and Cornell University, and Lurie moved along with him. They had three sons and divorced in 1984. She then married the writer Edward Hower. She spent part of her time in London, part in Ithaca, and part in Key West, Florida.[2]

In 1970, Lurie began to teach in the English department at Cornell, where she was tenured in 1979. She taught children's literature and writing. In 1976, she was named the F. J. Whiton Professor of American Literature at Cornell,[7][8] and upon retirement, professor emerita.[9] In 1981, she published The Language of Clothes, a non-fiction book about the semiotics of dress. Her discussion in Language of Clothes has been compared to Roland Barthes' The Fashion System (1985).[10]

Lurie died from natural causes while under hospice care in Ithaca, New York, on December 3, 2020, at age 94.[2][9][11]

Themes

Lurie's novels often featured professors in starring roles, and were frequently set at academic institutions.[12] With their light touch and focus on portraying the emotions of well-educated adulterers, her works bear more resemblance to some 20th-century British authors (such as Kingsley Amis and David Lodge) rather than to the major American authors of her generation.[13] A 2003 profile of Lurie, styled as a review of her Boys and Girls Forever, a work of criticism, observed that Lurie's works are often "witty and astute comedies of manners".[6] Lurie noted that her writing was grounded in a "desire to laugh at things".[8]

Literary critic John W. Aldridge gave a mixed assessment of Lurie's oeuvre in The American Novel and the Way We Live Now (1983). He notes that Lurie's work "has a satirical edge that, when it is not employed in hacking away at the obvious, is often eviscerating", but also remarks that "there is … something hobbled and hamstrung about her engagement in experience".[14]

Although better known as a novelist, she wrote many non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.[1]

Bibliography

Novels

Children's collections

  • The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1975)[17]
  • Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales (1980)[2]
  • Fabulous Beasts[17]
  • The Heavenly Zoo[17]
  • The Black Geese[17]

Non-fiction

  • The Language of Clothes (1981)[2]
  • Don't Tell the Grown-Ups (1990)[2]
  • Familiar Spirits (2001)[2]
  • Boys and Girls Forever (2003)[2]
  • The Language of Houses: How Buildings Speak to Us (2014):[18]
  • Words and Worlds: From Autobiographies to Zippers (2019)[19]

Awards and honors

Notes

  1. ^ a b Rollyson 2012, p. 133.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Fox, Margalit (December 3, 2020). "Alison Lurie, Tart-Voiced Novelist of Manners, Dies at 94". The New York Times. from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Alison Lurie, novelist who dissected human relationships in a time of social change – obituary". The Telegraph. December 4, 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Ivry, Benjamin (December 5, 2020). "How Alison Lurie inherited her Jewish sense of social consciousness". The Forward. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e Connelly, Phoebe (December 3, 2020). "Alison Lurie, Pulitzer-winning novelist of mordant wit and boundless empathy, dies at 94". The Washington Post. from the original on December 4, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Wroe, Nicholas (October 25, 2003). "Young at heart". The Guardian. from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  7. ^ Aloi, Daniel (September 12, 2013). "Alison Lurie to read short works from a long career". Cornell Chronicle. from the original on December 4, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Smith, Sarah A. (December 4, 2020). "Alison Lurie obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Italie, Hillel (December 3, 2020). "Alison Lurie, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of 'Foreign Affairs,' dead at 94". USA Today. from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  10. ^ Edwards 2010, p. 26.
  11. ^ Italie, Hillel (December 3, 2020). . The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  12. ^ "Alison Lurie". Encyclopædia Britannica. December 3, 2020. from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  13. ^ Gussow, Mel (September 5, 1998). "Comedies of Manners, Laced With Morals". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  14. ^ Aldridge 1983, p. 85.
  15. ^ Levin, Martin (January 16, 1966). "Reader's Report". The New York Times. from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  16. ^ Truax, Alice (October 30, 2005). "'Truth and Consequences': Suffering Fools". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  17. ^ a b c d "Alison's Children's Collections". Alisonlurie.com. from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  18. ^ "The Language of Houses: How Buildings Speak to Us". Publishers Weekly. June 16, 2014. from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  19. ^ a b c Lucas, Tyler (May 18, 2019). "Alison Lurie's newest book finds a new means". Ithaca Times. from the original on December 4, 2020.
  20. ^ "Alison Lurie". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. from the original on December 4, 2020.
  21. ^ Chandler, Mark (December 4, 2020). "A Pulitzer winner Alison Lurie dies, aged 94". The Bookseller. from the original on December 4, 2020.
  22. ^ "Academy Members". American Academy of Arts and Letters. from the original on October 8, 2020.
  23. ^ "Alison Lurie". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2020. from the original on December 5, 2020.
  24. ^ MacLeod, Donald (June 21, 2006). "Michael Douglas leads cast of honorary graduates". The Guardian. from the original on December 4, 2020.
  25. ^ "Honorary Graduates of the University of Nottingham" (PDF). University of Nottingham. October 2018. (PDF) from the original on December 4, 2020.
  26. ^ Dawson, Jonathan (August 29, 2012). "Retired Cornell English Professor Named New York State Author". The Cornell Daily Sun. from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

References

Further reading

External links

  • Official website  

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For the rapper Allison Jayne Lurie see Fan 3 Alison Stewart Lurie September 3 1926 December 3 2020 was an American novelist and academic She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs Although better known as a novelist she wrote many non fiction books and articles particularly on children s literature and the semiotics of dress Alison LurieAlison Lurie in 1987BornAlison Stewart Lurie 1926 09 03 September 3 1926Chicago Illinois U S DiedDecember 3 2020 2020 12 03 aged 94 Ithaca New York U S OccupationNovelistacademicEducationRadcliffe College BA Period1962 2020Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Fiction 1985 SpouseJonathan Peale Bishop m 1948 div 1985 wbr Edward HowerChildren3 Contents 1 Life 2 Themes 3 Bibliography 3 1 Novels 3 2 Children s collections 3 3 Non fiction 4 Awards and honors 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksLife EditAlison Stewart Lurie was born on September 3 1926 in Chicago 1 and raised in White Plains New York Her father Harry Lawrence Lurie was a sociologist and her mother Bernice Lurie nee Stewart was a journalist and book critic 2 Her father was born in Latvia and her mother was born in Scotland 3 Her father served as the First Executive Director of the National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 4 Due to complications with a forceps delivery she was born deaf in one ear and with damage to her facial muscles 5 She attended a boarding school in Darien Connecticut 5 and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1947 with a bachelor s degree in history and literature 2 Lurie met literary scholar Jonathan Peale Bishop while in college 6 and they married in 1948 2 Bishop later taught at Amherst College and Cornell University and Lurie moved along with him They had three sons and divorced in 1984 She then married the writer Edward Hower She spent part of her time in London part in Ithaca and part in Key West Florida 2 In 1970 Lurie began to teach in the English department at Cornell where she was tenured in 1979 She taught children s literature and writing In 1976 she was named the F J Whiton Professor of American Literature at Cornell 7 8 and upon retirement professor emerita 9 In 1981 she published The Language of Clothes a non fiction book about the semiotics of dress Her discussion in Language of Clothes has been compared to Roland Barthes The Fashion System 1985 10 Lurie died from natural causes while under hospice care in Ithaca New York on December 3 2020 at age 94 2 9 11 Themes EditLurie s novels often featured professors in starring roles and were frequently set at academic institutions 12 With their light touch and focus on portraying the emotions of well educated adulterers her works bear more resemblance to some 20th century British authors such as Kingsley Amis and David Lodge rather than to the major American authors of her generation 13 A 2003 profile of Lurie styled as a review of her Boys and Girls Forever a work of criticism observed that Lurie s works are often witty and astute comedies of manners 6 Lurie noted that her writing was grounded in a desire to laugh at things 8 Literary critic John W Aldridge gave a mixed assessment of Lurie s oeuvre in The American Novel and the Way We Live Now 1983 He notes that Lurie s work has a satirical edge that when it is not employed in hacking away at the obvious is often eviscerating but also remarks that there is something hobbled and hamstrung about her engagement in experience 14 Although better known as a novelist she wrote many non fiction books and articles particularly on children s literature and the semiotics of dress 1 Bibliography EditNovels Edit Love and Friendship 1962 2 The Nowhere City 1966 15 Imaginary Friends 1967 2 Real People 1969 2 The War Between the Tates 1974 2 Only Children 1979 2 Foreign Affairs 1984 2 The Truth About Lorin Jones 1988 2 Women and Ghosts 1994 2 The Last Resort 1998 2 Truth and Consequences 2005 16 Children s collections Edit The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales 1975 17 Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales 1980 2 Fabulous Beasts 17 The Heavenly Zoo 17 The Black Geese 17 Non fiction Edit The Language of Clothes 1981 2 Don t Tell the Grown Ups 1990 2 Familiar Spirits 2001 2 Boys and Girls Forever 2003 2 The Language of Houses How Buildings Speak to Us 2014 18 Words and Worlds From Autobiographies to Zippers 2019 19 Awards and honors Edit1963 1964 Yaddo Foundation fellow 5 1965 Guggenheim Foundation fellow 20 1966 Yaddo Foundation fellow 5 1967 Rockefeller Foundation fellow 19 1978 American Academy of Arts and Letters literary award 19 1985 Pulitzer Prize for fiction 5 1989 Prix Femina Etranger 21 1989 elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters 22 2005 elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 23 2006 University of Oxford honorary degree 24 2007 University of Nottingham honorary degree 25 2012 2014 New York State Author 26 Notes Edit a b Rollyson 2012 p 133 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Fox Margalit December 3 2020 Alison Lurie Tart Voiced Novelist of Manners Dies at 94 The New York Times Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Retrieved December 3 2020 Alison Lurie novelist who dissected human relationships in a time of social change obituary The Telegraph December 4 2020 ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved December 7 2020 Ivry Benjamin December 5 2020 How Alison Lurie inherited her Jewish sense of social consciousness The Forward Retrieved December 7 2020 a b c d e Connelly Phoebe December 3 2020 Alison Lurie Pulitzer winning novelist of mordant wit and boundless empathy dies at 94 The Washington Post Archived from the original on December 4 2020 a b Wroe Nicholas October 25 2003 Young at heart The Guardian Archived from the original on August 26 2019 Retrieved December 4 2020 Aloi Daniel September 12 2013 Alison Lurie to read short works from a long career Cornell Chronicle Archived from the original on December 4 2020 a b Smith Sarah A December 4 2020 Alison Lurie obituary The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Retrieved December 4 2020 a b Italie Hillel December 3 2020 Alison Lurie Pulitzer Prize winning novelist of Foreign Affairs dead at 94 USA Today Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Retrieved December 4 2020 Edwards 2010 p 26 Italie Hillel December 3 2020 Alison Lurie prize winning novelist dead at 94 The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Archived from the original on December 8 2020 Retrieved December 7 2020 Alison Lurie Encyclopaedia Britannica December 3 2020 Archived from the original on March 24 2020 Retrieved December 4 2020 Gussow Mel September 5 1998 Comedies of Manners Laced With Morals The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Retrieved December 4 2020 Aldridge 1983 p 85 Levin Martin January 16 1966 Reader s Report The New York Times Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Retrieved December 4 2020 Truax Alice October 30 2005 Truth and Consequences Suffering Fools The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved January 21 2021 a b c d Alison s Children s Collections Alisonlurie com Archived from the original on July 20 2019 Retrieved December 4 2020 The Language of Houses How Buildings Speak to Us Publishers Weekly June 16 2014 Archived from the original on September 25 2020 Retrieved December 4 2020 a b c Lucas Tyler May 18 2019 Alison Lurie s newest book finds a new means Ithaca Times Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Alison Lurie John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Chandler Mark December 4 2020 A Pulitzer winner Alison Lurie dies aged 94 The Bookseller Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Academy Members American Academy of Arts and Letters Archived from the original on October 8 2020 Alison Lurie American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2020 Archived from the original on December 5 2020 MacLeod Donald June 21 2006 Michael Douglas leads cast of honorary graduates The Guardian Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Honorary Graduates of the University of Nottingham PDF University of Nottingham October 2018 Archived PDF from the original on December 4 2020 Dawson Jonathan August 29 2012 Retired Cornell English Professor Named New York State Author The Cornell Daily Sun Archived from the original on October 26 2020 Retrieved December 4 2020 References EditAldridge John W 1983 The American Novel and the Way We Live Now New York Oxford University Press ISBN 9780195031980 OCLC 1028027804 Edwards Tim 2010 Fashion in Focus Concepts Practices and Politics London Taylor amp Francis doi 10 4324 9780203836880 ISBN 978 1 136 86660 9 Rollyson Carl E ed 2012 Novelists with Gay and Lesbian Themes Ipswich Massachusetts Salem Press ISBN 9781429836777 OCLC 1150977330 Further reading EditCosta Richard Hauer 1992 Alison Lurie Twayne Publishers ISBN 0 8057 7634 6 OCLC 25025202 Newman Judie 2000 Alison Lurie A Critical Study Rodopi ISBN 90 420 1222 6 OCLC 45046109 Waxman Barbara Frey 2002 A New Language of Aging Deep Play in Carol Shields s The Stone Diaries and Alison Lurie s The Last Resort South Atlantic Review 67 2 25 51 doi 10 2307 3201960 JSTOR 3201960 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alison Lurie amp oldid 1124017238, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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