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- recognizes excellence in the art of the short story. The basis of the award ... * The Magic Barrel (short story collection) (1958) * A New Life (novel ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 15:38, 29 September 2023
- novel, she was primarily known for her short story, "The Lottery," ... She is perhaps best known for her short story, "The Lottery" ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 14:20, 27 January 2023
- Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an African-American novelist and short story writer, who is arguably the ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 18:49, 11 August 2022
- A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction shorter in both length and breadth than a novel, but longer than a short story. Typically, novellas ...11 KB (1,596 words) - 14:27, 20 July 2023
- In 1891, he published his first short story, "Country Sketch ... a short novel, nor a novel, nor a long short story, but . . . of a genre ...7 KB (1,081 words) - 06:34, 11 March 2024
- satirist Jonathan Swift. His comic short story, "The Overcoat," ... In the same year, he published his great short story, "The Overcoat." ...15 KB (2,434 words) - 04:07, 15 November 2022
- as the "father of the Japanese short story." Akutagawa wrote ... a newspaper. In 1914, he published his short story Rashōmon, the tale of ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- essays and articles, including his first short story (in 1936) "The three ... crime was calling Ivan Bunin, an emigre short story writer who was critical ...8 KB (1,126 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- British novelist best known for her short story "The Birds" ... novels highlight her talent for unfolding a story full of suspense. By the ...9 KB (1,407 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
- revisions glorifying military valor. The story is intended to be told in ... The story of the Heike Monogatari was compiled from a collection of ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- This excerpt opens the short story, The Garden Party, for which Mansfield ... Katherine Mansfield is widely considered one of the best short story ...17 KB (2,601 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- | occupation = Short story and non-fiction writer, novelist, commercial ... women's studies in the 1970s. Her short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper ...12 KB (1,666 words) - 00:42, 5 December 2023
- another big success. Having lived for a short time in Bath, he returned ... to 1765. During this period he served a short prison sentence for libel ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 03:51, 1 May 2023
- Companion. Her major works were two short story collections, Bayou Folk ... Kate, deeply discouraged by the criticism, turned to short story writing ...17 KB (2,711 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- the foremost modern writer of the short story. His technique, which ... from Suvorin. The following year the short story collection "At Dusk ...19 KB (2,819 words) - 06:50, 31 July 2023
- English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular ... *A House to Let (1858), a short story co-written with Charles Dickens ...9 KB (1,258 words) - 12:01, 5 May 2023
- month. In 1921, he published his first short story, "Shokonsai Ikkei ... The novel began as a single short story published in a literary journal ...14 KB (2,136 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2022
- nineteenth-century American novelist and short story writer. He is recognized ... Melville had just read Hawthorne's short story collection Mosses from ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 21:23, 27 October 2023
- over 150 works, who was best known for his short stories and books of memoirs ... html Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award] ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- On the whole, Crane, despite his tragically short life and small overall output ... and psychological depth in telling the story of a young soldier facing ...9 KB (1,437 words) - 20:00, 9 February 2023
- author of highly experimental novels and short stories who is considered ... Cortázar is highly regarded as a master of the fantastical short ...9 KB (1,243 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
- most beloved authors. A writer of poetry, short-stories, and more than twenty ... spent most of her day writing poetry and short-stories, and trying to get ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 02:29, 5 November 2022
- Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He is most famous for his ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- of international literary fame that was cut short by his early death. ... Moore's most famous works include a short story entitled, "Violets ...8 KB (1,360 words) - 17:08, 21 November 2022
- success, in 1927. The film is the story of a young Jewish man, Jakie ... Jolson made The Singing Fool (1928)—the story of a driven entertainer who ...14 KB (2,198 words) - 04:22, 17 June 2023
- departed from Anglican doctrine."Short Biography of John Smyth, ... set out his own beliefs in his 1609 "Short Confession of Faith in 20 ...8 KB (1,224 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- vernacular) literature, Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator ... first major baihua (Chinese vernacular) short story, Kuangren Riji (狂人日記 ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up ... the rootlessness of the immigrant. The short story collection, My Name is ...13 KB (2,107 words) - 10:49, 12 May 2023
- diagonal lines intersected by a number of short horizontal and vertical bars ... *Hunt, Morton. 1994. The Story of Psychology. Anchor. ISBN 0385471491 ...4 KB (537 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works, drawn from his wide range ...19 KB (2,931 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- | occupation = journalist, playwright, and short story writer ... – January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 18:50, 7 March 2024
- were republished years later in the short story collection The Simple ... *The King in Yellow (1938)Not to be confused with the 1895 short story ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- Ivo Andrić (Serbian: Иво Андрић) (October 9, 1892 – March 13, 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner ...10 KB (1,459 words) - 07:47, 12 March 2024
- Juan Rulfo (May 16, 1918 – January 7, 1986) was one of Latin America's most admired novelists and short story writers. His most commendable ...12 KB (1,960 words) - 06:06, 10 May 2024
- writing and in her youth won a prize for a story she submitted to the Washington ... In addition to the The Yearling, Gal Young Un, based on her short ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 15:59, 6 November 2022
- wrote ten novels, two collections of short stories and over 500 poems ... === Short Story Collections === * Revenge of the Lawn, (1971 ISBN 0671209604 ...15 KB (2,156 words) - 20:54, 16 April 2023
- Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, the story takes place over a period ... culture and modernism. The Chosen is a story of the friendship between ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 00:12, 4 December 2023
- Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist and short story writer who became one of the most popular authors ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 18:12, 12 February 2024
- James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was a novelist, short story writer, and essayist, who is regarded as one of the most important ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- In 1905, Geronimo agreed to tell his story to S. M. Barrett, superintendent ... the church has helped me much during the short time I have been a member ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21,1940) was an Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer, who is ...15 KB (2,424 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- and is credited with defining the short story as a literary art form. ... juror, acting independently, chooses a short story of special interest and ...22 KB (3,541 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- of Eric the Red. With wood being in very short supply in Greenland, the ... The first area discovered by Leif, according to one story, was Helluland ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- And It and its sequels, as well as The Story of the Treasure Seekers and ... before being reprinted in book form, as The Story of the Treasure Seekers in ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- Walker also won the 1986 O. Henry Award for her short story "Kindred ... ===Novels and short story collections=== * The Third Life of Grange ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 18:21, 21 July 2023
- novel, was a tragicomedy. It recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby ... Twentieth century British novelist and short story writer, Angus Wilson ...8 KB (1,223 words) - 15:24, 11 November 2022
- his seat, a long and complicated comical story. The story is narrated as ... into a long and complicated comical story. Performances are generally ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- and cartoons about his experience, Caught Short! A Saga of Wailing Wall Street ... had previously appeared in a number of short films and two features in ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- The saga has been interpreted as the story of a man who arrives at the ... The saga tells the story of the Norwegian man Hallfreðr, who becomes ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- to earn a precarious living by writing short stories for the Chicago Tribune ... aware of the financial rewards of writing short stories for the press, he ...9 KB (1,444 words) - 10:40, 13 December 2023
