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Annie ProulxWriter
Born: 22 August 1935 Birthplace: Norwich, Connecticut Best known as: The author of The Shipping News Although she didn't start her career as a writer until she was in her 50s, in 1993 E. Annie Proulx became the first woman to win the prestigious PEN/Faulkner book award, for her debut novel Postcards. The following year she won a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her novel The Shipping News. She is also the author of Accordion Crimes (1996) and several short stories. Extra credit: Proulx's name is pronounced proo... Her 1997 short story "Brokeback Mountain" was made into a 2005 film starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Copyright © 1998-2012 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Annie Proulx from Infoplease:
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- 1993 National Book Awards - 1993 National Book Awards Fiction The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx Nonfiction United States: ...
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- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction - PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, established in 1980, annually ...
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