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Also known as E. Annie Proulx, E.A. Proulx, Edna Annie Proulx, Edna Ann Proulx

American novelist, short story and non-fiction author (b. 1935)

Person · Open Library

Born
22 August 1935
Works
67

Top works

  • Shipping News (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
  • Sipure Ṿayoming
  • Brokeback-fjellet
  • Das grüne Akkordeon
  • Post Cards

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1935-08-22

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Listeners
406
Total plays
2,137

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Key facts

Born
Edna Ann Proulx , ( 1935-08-22 ) August 22, 1935 (age 90) , Norwich, Connecticut , U.S.
Pen name
E. Annie Proulx, E. A. Proulx
Occupation
Novelist
Education
Colby College , University of Vermont ( BA ), Sir George Williams University ( MA )
Notable awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , 1994 The Shipping News

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Encyclopedic overview

Edna Ann Proulx (/pruː/ PROO; born August 22, 1935) is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E. A. Proulx.

She won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her first novel, Postcards (1992), making her the first woman to receive the prize. Her second novel, The Shipping News (1993), won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and was adapted as a 2001 film of the same name. Her short story "Brokeback Mountain" was adapted as an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning motion picture released in 2005.

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