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Ann Petry
Ann Petry was an American writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism. Her 1946 debut novel The Street became the first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a million copies. In 2019, the Library of America published a volume of her work containing The Street as well as her 1953 masterpiece The Narrows and a few shorter pieces of nonfiction.
BornAnn Lane, October 12, 1908, Old Saybrook, CT, US
DiedApril 28, 1997, Old Saybrook, CT, US
Pen nameArnold Petri
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationPh.G.
Alma materConnecticut College of Pharmacy
Notable worksThe Street (1946), The Narrows (1953)
Years active1946–71
SpouseGeorge Petry
ChildrenLiz Petry

About Ann Petry

Novelist Ann Petry was born on October 12, 1908 in Connecticut, United States (She dies at the age of 88, on April 28, 1997).

She was a great-selling American author best known for her 1946 novel The Street, which depicted the struggles of a single black mother in New York City. Country Place (1947) and The Narrows (1948) are two of her other works (1953).

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Ann Petry before becoming famous

Ann Petry was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1908 is also the year of Monkey (猴) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She spent several years working in her family's drugstore. She began publishing newspaper pieces and short stories after relocating to New York in the early 1940s.

Achievement of Ann Petry

She was the first black female novelist to sell one million copies of a book.

Ann Petry's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Bertha and Peter Lane raised her and her two sisters in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She married author George Petry in 1938.

Ann Petry Collabed with

Civil Rights Leader Harriet Tubman: Conductor On The Underground Railroad, her nonfiction work, was published in 1955.

Ann Petry Income & Net worth

Ann Petry's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a novelist. Networth of Ann Petry in 2024 is 3,000,000$+. She is Millionaire!

Ann Petry Height and Weight

How tall is Ann Petry? At the age of 88, Ann Petry height is 5'3" (1.58m).

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Latest information about Ann Petry updated on March 18 2023.