Elizabeth Strout
Autor/a de Olive Kitteridge
Sobre l'autor
Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is an American author of fiction. She was born in Portland, Maine. After graduating from Bates College, she spent a year in Oxford, England. In 1982 she graduated with honors, and received both a law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law and a mostra'n més Certificate of Gerontology from the Syracuse School of Social Work. Strout wrote Amy and Isabelle over the course of six or seven years, which when published was shortlisted for the 2000 Orange Prize and nominated for the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Amy and Isabelle was made into a television movie starring Elisabeth Shue and was produced by Oprah Winfrey's studio, Harpo Films. Strout was a NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) professor at Colgate University during the Fall Semester of 2007, where she taught creative writing. She was also on the faculty of the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2009 Strout was honored with a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Olive Kitteridge, a collection of connected short stories she wrote about a woman and her immediate family who lived on the coast of Maine. Strout also wrote The Burgess Boys in 2013 which made The New York Times Best Seller List. Ms. Strout's title, My name is Lucy Barton, made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2016. Her newest title, Anything is Possible (2017), won the 2018 Story Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Elizabeth Strout
Obres associades
The Friend Who Got Away: Twenty Women's True Life Tales of Friendships that Blew Up, Burned Out or Faded Away (2005) — Col·laborador — 203 exemplars
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Col·laborador — 182 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1956-01-06
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Portland, Maine, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Portland, Maine, USA
New York, New York, USA
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Brunswick, Maine, USA - Educació
- Bates College (BA, 1977)
Syracuse University (JD, 1982) - Professions
- faculty (MFA program, Queens University)
fiction writer
lecturer (Creative Writing ∙ Colgate University) - Organitzacions
- Queens University of Charlotte
- Agent
- Molly Friedrich (Aaron Priest Literary Agency)
- Biografia breu
- Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is a US-American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. Born and raised in Portland, Maine, her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels–the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her seven novels.
Strout's first novel, Amy and Isabelle (1998) met with widespread critical acclaim, became a national bestseller, and was adapted into a movie starring Elisabeth Shue. Her second novel, Abide with Me (2006), received critical acclaim but ultimately failed to be recognized to the extent of her debut novel. Two years later, Strout wrote and published Olive Kitteridge (2008), to critical and commercial success grossing nearly $25 million with over one million copies sold as of May 2017. The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was adapted into a multi Emmy Award-winning mini series and became a New York Times bestseller.
Five years later, she published The Burgess Boys (2013), which became a national bestseller. My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016) was met with international acclaim and topped the New York Times bestseller list. Lucy Barton later became the main character in Strout's 2017 novel, Anything is Possible. A sequel to Olive Kitteridge, titled Olive, Again, was published in 2019.
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Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (3)
Favourite Books (2)
Allie's Wishlist (1)
Family Drama (1)
READ IN 2021 (1)
Carole's List (1)
Booker Prize (1)
AP Lit (2)
Must-Read Maine (2)
GeoCAT 2016 (1)
To Read (3)
Unread books (1)
Female Author (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 16
- També de
- 9
- Membres
- 26,068
- Popularitat
- #799
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 1,677
- ISBN
- 385
- Llengües
- 23
- Preferit
- 52
Eixuta, rondinaire i franca, i, malgrat tot, ha captivat els lectors d’arreu del món. Amb els anys, ¿s’ha endolcit l’Olive Kitteridge? Doncs encara té aquell caràcter feréstec i continua dient clarament el que pensa, però, a mesura que s’ha apropat a la vellesa, la vida li ha canviat. Quan menys s’ho espera, troba un últim company de viatge, al costat del qual seguim els seus intents d’entendre’s a si mateixa, la nova situació que viu i les persones que l’envolten.Amb perspicàcia i empatia, Elizabeth Strout dona veu a un personatge únic que ens parla de la vida quotidiana de Crosby, el petit poble costaner de Maine on sembla que no passi mai res, tot teixint personatges delicats i complexos, però excepcionalment propers, les vides dels quals contenen un món sencer.… (més)