Annie Proulx | |
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 Proulx at the 2018 U.S. National Book Festival | |
| Born | Edna Ann Proulx August 22, 1935 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Pen name | E. Annie Proulx, E.A. Proulx |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | Colby College University of Vermont (BA) Sir George Williams University (MA) |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1994 The Shipping News |
| Children | 4 |
Edna Ann Proulx (/pruː/ PROO; born August 22, 1935) is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx.[1]
She won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her first novel, Postcards, making her the first woman to receive the prize.[2] Her second novel, The Shipping News (1993), won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[3] and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction[4] and was adapted as a 2001 film of the same name. Her short story "Brokeback Mountain" was adapted as an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning motion picture released in 2005.
- ^ "Library of Congress Name Authorities: Proulx, Annie". Retrieved February 4, 2013.
- ^ Hartman, Steve (Fall 1999). "Annie Proulx's Close Range". New York State Writer's Institute. 4 (1).
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