70,932| Born | Josephine Ayres Haxton, July 12, 1921, Natchez, Mississippi |
| Died | November 7, 2012 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
| Notable works | A Family's Affairs (1961) Black Cloud, White Cloud (1963) Where The Dreams Cross (1968) Apostles of Light (Houghton Mifflin 1973) The Rock Cried Out (1979) A Lifetime Burning (Random House 1982) A Long Night (1986) The Magic Carpet and Other Tales (1987) Can't Quit You, Baby (Scribner 1988) Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell (Algonquin Books 1998) Witnessing (University Press of Mississippi 2004) |
| Notable awards | "On the Lake", one of Douglas's short stories, was included in the O. Henry collection in 1961. A Family's Affairs was awarded the Houghton Mifflin fellowship in 1961 and was recognized as one of the five best novels of the year by The New York Times. Black Cloud, White Cloud was named one of the five best works of fiction by The New York Times in 1963. In 1973 Apostles of Light was nominated for the National Book Award by the National Book Committee. Awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship in 1976 The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for literature in 1979 and 1983. Recognized as the first recipient of the Hillsdale Prize for Fiction from the Fellowship of Southern Writers |
| Children | Richardson Ayres Haxton, Brooks Haxton, Richard Haxton |
Over Ellen Douglas
Romanschrijver Ellen Douglas werd geboren op Juli 12, 1921 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States (Ze sterft op 91-jarige leeftijd, op November 7, 2012).
Ze is een in Mississippi geboren schrijfster van fictie en is het meest bekend om haar voor de National Book Award genomineerde roman Apostles of Light, die handelt over de mishandeling van de bewoners van een instelling voor ouderenzorg. Haar andere werken omvatten Where the Dreams Cross (1968) en The Rock Cried Out (1979).
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Ellen Douglas voor roem
Ellen Douglas was born in the Zodiac sign Kreeft (The Crab), and 1921 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).
Haar voornaam was Josephine Ayres Haxton; ze nam het pseudoniem Ellen Douglas aan in een poging haar privacy te beschermen.
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Ellen Douglas familieleven
Ze werd geboren in Natchez, Mississippi en verhuisde tijdens haar jeugd door het zuiden en bracht tijd door in Louisiana en Arkansas. In 1942 studeerde ze af aan de Universiteit van Mississippi.
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Ze zei in interviews dat ze werd beïnvloed door de legendarische zuidelijke schrijver, Novelist William Faulkner.
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