Annie Proulx

Writer

Date Of Birth:

22 August 1935

Place Of Birth:

Norwich, Connecticut

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.

See also:

Philip Roth