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Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).[1]

Jane Smiley
Smiley at the 2009 Texas Book Festival
Born (1949-09-26) September 26, 1949 (age 74)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJohn Burroughs School
Vassar College (BA)
University of Iowa (MA, MFA, PhD)
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2001

Biography edit

Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from Community School and from John Burroughs School. She obtained a BA in literature at Vassar College (1971), then earned an MA (1975), MFA (1976), and PhD (1978) from the University of Iowa.[2] While working toward her doctorate, she also spent a year studying in Iceland as a Fulbright Scholar.[3] From 1981 to 1996 she was a Professor of English at Iowa State University,[2] teaching undergraduate and graduate creative writing workshops. In 1996, she relocated to California. She returned to teaching creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, in 2015.

Career edit

Smiley published her first novel, Barn Blind, in 1980, and won a 1985 O. Henry Award for her short story "Lily", which was published in The Atlantic Monthly. Her best-selling A Thousand Acres, a story based on William Shakespeare's King Lear, received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992. It was adapted into a film of the same title in 1997. Her novella The Age of Grief was made into the 2002 film The Secret Lives of Dentists. Her essay "Feminism Meets the Free Market" was included in the 2006 anthology Mommy Wars[4] by Washington Post writer Leslie Morgan Steiner. Her essay "Why Bother?" appears in the anthology Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2013. Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel (2005), is a non-fiction meditation on the history and the nature of the novel, somewhat in the tradition of E. M. Forster's seminal Aspects of the Novel, that roams from eleventh century Japan's Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji to 21st-century American women's literature.[citation needed]

In 2001, Smiley was elected a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters. She has participated in the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the Cheltenham Festival, the National Book Festival, the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, and many others. She won the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006,[5] and chaired the judges' panel for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize in 2009.[6]

Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections (2001), considers Smiley's book The Greenlanders to be greatly underappreciated and among the best works of contemporary American fiction.[7]

 
Jane Smiley speaking at the Vancouver Writers Fest on her 2014 novel, Some Luck

Smiley's then wrote a trilogy of novels about an Iowa family over the course of generations. The first novel of the trilogy, Some Luck, was published in 2014 by Random House.[8] The second volume followed in the spring of 2015, and the third volume in the fall of 2015.

Awards edit

Smiley received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992.[1] In 2006, she received the Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature award which is given annually in Rockville, Maryland, the city where Fitzgerald, his wife, and his daughter are buried, as part of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival.

Works edit

Novels edit

Short story collections edit

  • The Age of Grief (1987)
  • Ordinary Love & Good Will (1989)

Non-fiction books edit

  • Catskill Crafts (1988)
  • Charles Dickens (2003)
  • A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck (2004)
  • Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel (2005)
  • The Man Who Invented the Computer (2010)

Young adult novels edit

  • The Georges and the Jewels (2009)
  • A Good Horse (2010)
  • True Blue (2011)
  • Pie in the Sky (2012)
  • Gee Whiz (2013)
  • Riding Lessons (2018)
  • Saddles and Secrets (2019)
  • Taking the Reins (2020)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The 1992 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. ^ a b Biography at the Encyclopædia Britannica.
  3. ^ Brandsma, Elliott. "Pulitzer Prize Winner Jane Smiley: "I Thought Icelanders Were Very Straightforward and Smart"". Iceland Writers Retreat. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ Mommywars.net
  5. ^ . PEN Center USA. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ Man Booker Prize 2009-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Jonathan Franzen on Underappreciated Books". YouTube.
  8. ^ Neary, Lynn (5 October 2014). "For Her First Trilogy, Jane Smiley Returns To Iowa, 'Where The Roots Are'". NPR Books. NPR. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

External links edit

  • Appearances on C-SPAN
  • Jane Smiley on Charlie Rose
  • Jane Smiley at IMDb
  • Jane Smiley collected news and commentary at The Guardian  
  • Jane Smiley collected news and commentary at The New York Times
  • 2004 Slate article: "The unteachable ignorance of the red states"
  • Write TV Public Television Interview with Jane Smiley
  • 2003 interview of Jane Smiley, IdentityTheory
  • [usurped], review of Good Faith in the Oxonian Review
  • 2010 Monterey Weekly article: "In her new novel, Private Life, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author uses family history as fictional fodder."
  • KCRW Bookworm Interview
  • Works by or about Jane Smiley at Internet Archive

jane, smiley, born, september, 1949, american, novelist, pulitzer, prize, fiction, 1992, novel, thousand, acres, 1991, smiley, 2009, texas, book, festivalborn, 1949, september, 1949, angeles, california, nationalityamericanalma, materjohn, burroughs, schoolvas. Jane Smiley born September 26 1949 is an American novelist She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres 1991 1 Jane SmileySmiley at the 2009 Texas Book FestivalBorn 1949 09 26 September 26 1949 age 74 Los Angeles California U S NationalityAmericanAlma materJohn Burroughs SchoolVassar College BA University of Iowa MA MFA PhD AwardsPulitzer Prize for Fiction 1992American Academy of Arts and Letters 2001 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Works 3 1 Novels 3 2 Short story collections 3 3 Non fiction books 3 4 Young adult novels 4 References 5 External linksBiography editBorn in Los Angeles California Smiley grew up in Webster Groves Missouri a suburb of St Louis and graduated from Community School and from John Burroughs School She obtained a BA in literature at Vassar College 1971 then earned an MA 1975 MFA 1976 and PhD 1978 from the University of Iowa 2 While working toward her doctorate she also spent a year studying in Iceland as a Fulbright Scholar 3 From 1981 to 1996 she was a Professor of English at Iowa State University 2 teaching undergraduate and graduate creative writing workshops In 1996 she relocated to California She returned to teaching creative writing at the University of California Riverside in 2015 Career edit Smiley published her first novel Barn Blind in 1980 and won a 1985 O Henry Award for her short story Lily which was published in The Atlantic Monthly Her best selling A Thousand Acres a story based on William Shakespeare s King Lear received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 It was adapted into a film of the same title in 1997 Her novella The Age of Grief was made into the 2002 film The Secret Lives of Dentists Her essay Feminism Meets the Free Market was included in the 2006 anthology Mommy Wars 4 by Washington Post writer Leslie Morgan Steiner Her essay Why Bother appears in the anthology Knitting Yarns Writers on Knitting published by W W Norton amp Company in 2013 Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel 2005 is a non fiction meditation on the history and the nature of the novel somewhat in the tradition of E M Forster s seminal Aspects of the Novel that roams from eleventh century Japan s Murasaki Shikibu s The Tale of Genji to 21st century American women s literature citation needed In 2001 Smiley was elected a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters She has participated in the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books the Cheltenham Festival the National Book Festival the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts and many others She won the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 5 and chaired the judges panel for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize in 2009 6 Jonathan Franzen author of The Corrections 2001 considers Smiley s book The Greenlanders to be greatly underappreciated and among the best works of contemporary American fiction 7 nbsp Jane Smiley speaking at the Vancouver Writers Fest on her 2014 novel Some LuckSmiley s then wrote a trilogy of novels about an Iowa family over the course of generations The first novel of the trilogy Some Luck was published in 2014 by Random House 8 The second volume followed in the spring of 2015 and the third volume in the fall of 2015 Awards editSmiley received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 1 In 2006 she received the Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature award which is given annually in Rockville Maryland the city where Fitzgerald his wife and his daughter are buried as part of the F Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival Works editNovels edit Barn Blind 1980 At Paradise Gate 1981 Duplicate Keys 1984 The Greenlanders 1988 A Thousand Acres 1991 Moo 1995 The All True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton 1998 Horse Heaven 2000 Good Faith 2003 Ten Days in the Hills 2007 Private Life 2010 Some Luck 2014 Early Warning April 2015 Golden Age October 20 2015 Perestroika in Paris 2020 A Dangerous Business 2022 Lucky 2024 Short story collections edit The Age of Grief 1987 Ordinary Love amp Good Will 1989 Non fiction books edit Catskill Crafts 1988 Charles Dickens 2003 A Year at the Races Reflections on Horses Humans Love Money and Luck 2004 Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel 2005 The Man Who Invented the Computer 2010 Young adult novels edit The Georges and the Jewels 2009 A Good Horse 2010 True Blue 2011 Pie in the Sky 2012 Gee Whiz 2013 Riding Lessons 2018 Saddles and Secrets 2019 Taking the Reins 2020 References edit a b The 1992 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction The Pulitzer Prizes 2020 Retrieved 2020 10 27 a b Biography at the Encyclopaedia Britannica Brandsma Elliott Pulitzer Prize Winner Jane Smiley I Thought Icelanders Were Very Straightforward and Smart Iceland Writers Retreat Retrieved 15 September 2021 Mommywars net Winners PEN Center USA Archived from the original on 20 December 2013 Retrieved 7 March 2015 Man Booker Prize Archived 2009 10 08 at the Wayback Machine Jonathan Franzen on Underappreciated Books YouTube Neary Lynn 5 October 2014 For Her First Trilogy Jane Smiley Returns To Iowa Where The Roots Are NPR Books NPR Retrieved 7 March 2015 External links editAppearances on C SPAN Jane Smiley on Charlie Rose Jane Smiley at IMDb Jane Smiley collected news and commentary at The Guardian nbsp Jane Smiley collected news and commentary at The New York Times 2004 Slate article The unteachable ignorance of the red states Write TV Public Television Interview with Jane Smiley 2003 interview of Jane Smiley IdentityTheory Jane Smiley s Good Faith usurped review of Good Faith in the Oxonian Review 2010 Monterey Weekly article In her new novel Private Life the Pulitzer Prize winning author uses family history as fictional fodder KCRW Bookworm Interview Works by or about Jane Smiley at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jane Smiley amp oldid 1197842734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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