Mary Lee Settle | |
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 Mary Lee Settle | |
| Born | July 29, 1918 Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, 2005 (aged 87) Ivy, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Sweet Briar College |
| Spouses | Rodney Weathersbee
(m. 1939; div. 1946)Douglas Newton
(m. 1946; div. 1956)William Tazewell (m. 1978) |
Mary Lee Settle (July 29, 1918 – September 27, 2005) was an American writer.[1]
She won the 1978 National Book Award for her novel Blood Tie.[2] She was a founder of the annual PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.[3]
- ^ "Mary Lee Settle". NNDb.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
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"National Book Awards – 1978". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
(With essay by Rebecca Wolff from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) - ^ Matt Schudel (September 29, 2005). "Novelist Mary Lee Settle; Founded PEN/Faulkner Award". Washington Post. p. B07.