Ann Petry (1908–1997)
Autor(a) de The Street
About the Author
Ann Petry was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut on October 12, 1908. She received a degree in pharmacy from the University of Connecticut in 1931. After working in the family business for three years, she wrote for the Amsterdam News and later for other publications. From 1944 to 1946, she studied mostrar mais creative writing at Columbia University. Her first novel, The Street, was published in 1946 and became the first novel by an African American to sell more than a million copies. Her other works include Country Place, The Narrows, The Drugstore Cat, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, and Tituba of Salem Village. She died on April 28, 1997 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Ann Petry
Marie of the Cabin Club 8 exemplares
Like A Winding Sheet 2 exemplares
Doby's Gone {short story} 1 exemplar
Checkup 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contribuidor — 157 exemplares
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — Contribuidor — 113 exemplares
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Contribuidor — 98 exemplares
Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers (2009) — Contribuidor — 53 exemplares
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Centers of the Self: Stories by Black American Women, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present (1994) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women (1859-1993) (1993) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Petry, Ann
- Nome legal
- Petry, Ann Lane
Lane, Ann (born) - Outros nomes
- Petry, Arnold
- Data de nascimento
- 1908-10-12
- Data de falecimento
- 1997-04-28
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
- Locais de residência
- Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educação
- Connecticut College of Pharmacy (Ph.D.)
- Ocupações
- pharmacist
journalist
advertising salesperson
recreational specialist
novelist - Organizações
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
American Negro Theater
Negro Women, Inc. - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 16
- Also by
- 23
- Membros
- 2,488
- Popularidade
- #10,308
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 42
- ISBN
- 118
- Línguas
- 7
- Marcado como favorito
- 4