Barbara Kingsolver
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| Born | April 8, 1955 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Arizona |
| Period | 1988–present |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Social justice, feminism, environmentalism |
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Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet.
In 2000 she received the National Humanities Medal.[1] In 2011 she was given the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her life's work.[2]
Her novel, The Poisonwood Bible was a finalist for the Pultizer Prize in Fiction for 1999.[3]
Books
[change | change source]- The Bean Trees (1988)
- Homeland (1989)
- Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike (1989)
- Animal Dreams (1990)
- Another America (1992)
- Pigs in Heaven (1993)
- High Tide in Tucson (1995)
- The Poisonwood Bible (1998)
- Prodigal Summer (2000)
- Small Wonder (2002)
- Last Stand: America’s Virgin Lands (2002)
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (2007)
- The Lacuna (2009)
- Flight Behavior (2012)
- Unsheltered (2018)
- How To Fly (In 10,000 Easy Lessons) (2020)
- Demon Copperhead, 2023[4]
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[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "White House Announces the 2000 National Humanities Medalists". The National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ "Award Winners – Dayton Literary Peace Prize". Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ "Fiction". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ↑ https://www.nrk.no/anmeldelser/anmeldelse_-_demon-copperhead_-av-barbara-kingsolver-1.16838913. Retrieved 2024-05-02
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