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| Born | July 19, 1921 Carrollton, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 2019 (aged 98) |
| Education | Belhaven University (BA) Vanderbilt University (MA) |
Elizabeth Spencer (July 19, 1921 – December 22, 2019)[1] was an American writer. Spencer's first novel, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948.[2] She wrote a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir (Landscapes of the Heart, 1998), and a play (For Lease or Sale, 1989). Her novella The Light in the Piazza (1960) was adapted for the screen in 1962 and transformed into a Broadway musical of the same name in 2005. She was a five-time recipient of the O. Henry Award for short fiction.[3]
Spencer's themes relate to tension between the individual and the group, and deal with how family or community ties support but also bind the individual's identity. She writes about this as it concerns the inner lives of her female characters, many of whom struggle to establish a fruitful life independent of society's narrow restrictions.[4]
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (December 23, 2019). "Elizabeth Spencer, Author of 'The Light in the Piazza,' Dies at 98". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ^ Flint, F. Cudworth (March 1950). "Some First Novels". The Sewanee Review. 58 (1). jstor.org: 144–158. ISSN 0037-3052. JSTOR 27537977.
- ^ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Roberts, Terry (2000). Meanor, Patrick; Crane, Gwen (eds.). "Elizabeth Spencer". American Short-story Writers Since World War II. Second Series. 218. Detroit: Gale Group.