The Lilies of the Field (novel)

First edition (publ, Doubleday)

The Lilies of the Field is a 1962 novel by William Edmund Barrett, who based his depiction of the sisters partly upon the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of St. Walburga,[1] originally located in Boulder Colorado.[2]

The novel was filmed as Lilies of the Field in 1963. Its lead actor, Sidney Poitier, won an Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Homer Smith.

  1. ^ King, David A., "The heart of Barrett’s ‘The Lilies of the Field’", The Georgia Bulletin, March 20, 2014 Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Abbey of St. Walburga