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Annie Proulx

1935 - Today

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Edna Ann Proulx ( PROO; born August 22, 1935) is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx. She won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her first novel, Postcards, making her the first woman to receive the prize. Her second novel, The Shipping News (1993), won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Annie Proulx has received more than 1,045,886 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Annie Proulx is the 2,464th most popular writer (down from 2,021st in 2019), the 3,108th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,657th in 2019) and the 268th most popular American Writer.

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Notable Works

That Old Ace in the Hole
Fiction, Farms, Young men
2002
Close range
Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Wyoming in fiction
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes comes one of the most celebrated short-story collections of our time. Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in these breathtaking tales of loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love. Each of the stunning portraits in Close Range reveals characters fiercely wrought with precision and grace. These are stories of desperation and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both stark and magnificent -- by an author writing at the peak of her craft.
1999
Shipping News
Domestic fiction, Family, Fiction
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As three generations of his family cobble up new lives, Quoyle confronts his private demons--and the unpredictable forces of nature and society--and begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery. A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News shows why E. Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.
1993
Bad Dirt
Social life and customs, Fiction, Short stories
2004
Brokeback Mountain
Male friendship, Gay men, Brokeback Mountain (Motion picture)
1998
Postcards
Farm life, Fiction, Rural conditions
1992
Bad Dirt
Fiction, Literature, Social life and customs
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming.Bad Dirt is filled with the vivid and willful characters for which Proulx has become known. Each occupies a community or landscape described in rich and robust language, with an eye for detail unparalleled in American fiction.In 'The Contest', the men of Elk Tooth, Wyoming, vow to put aside their razors for two seasons and wait to see who has the longest beard come the 4th of July. Deb Sipple, the moving protagonist of 'That Trickle Down Effect', finds that his opportunism – and his smoking habit – lead to a massive destruction. And 'What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?' is the story of Gilbert Wolfscale, whose rabid devotion to his ranch drives off his wife and sons.Proulx displays her wit in every story of this stunning collection, as well as her knowledge of the West, of history, of ranching and farming. Her profound sympathy for characters who must use sheer will and courage to make it in tough territory makes this collection extraordinarily compelling.
2004
Close Range
Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Wyoming in fiction
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes comes one of the most celebrated short-story collections of our time. Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in these breathtaking tales of loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love. Each of the stunning portraits in Close Range reveals characters fiercely wrought with precision and grace. These are stories of desperation and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both stark and magnificent -- by an author writing at the peak of her craft.
1999
Heart Songs
Farm life, Fiction, Social life and customs
Elf verhalen over eenvoudige, hardwerkende mensen in de ruige wereld in het noorden van de Verenigde Staten.
1988
The Shipping News
Domestic fiction, Family, Fiction
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As three generations of his family cobble up new lives, Quoyle confronts his private demons--and the unpredictable forces of nature and society--and begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery. A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News shows why E. Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.
1993
Accordion Crimes
Fiction, Accordionists, Accordionists in fiction
A tale of immigrants centered on an accordion brought to America in the 1880s. After its Italian owner is murdered, the instrument passes into the hands of other ethnic groups--German, French-Canadian, Mexican, Polish, Norwegian--and the novel describes their ceremonies, dreams and hates. By the author of The Shipping News.
1996
That Old Ace in the Hole
Fiction, Farms, Young men
Wanneer een jongeman op zoek gaat naar locaties voor varkensmesterijen op de prairies van Texas en Oklahoma, ontdekt hij vooral de geschiedenis en de mensen van dit gebied.
2002
The Shipping News
Domestic fiction, Family, Fiction
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As three generations of his family cobble up new lives, Quoyle confronts his private demons--and the unpredictable forces of nature and society--and begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery. A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News shows why E. Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.
1993
Heart Songs
Farm life, Fiction, Social life and customs
Elf verhalen over eenvoudige, hardwerkende mensen in de ruige wereld in het noorden van de Verenigde Staten.
1988
That Old Ace in the Hole
Fiction, Farms, Young men
Wanneer een jongeman op zoek gaat naar locaties voor varkensmesterijen op de prairies van Texas en Oklahoma, ontdekt hij vooral de geschiedenis en de mensen van dit gebied.
2002
Close Range
Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Wyoming in fiction
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes comes one of the most celebrated short-story collections of our time. Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in these breathtaking tales of loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love. Each of the stunning portraits in Close Range reveals characters fiercely wrought with precision and grace. These are stories of desperation and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both stark and magnificent -- by an author writing at the peak of her craft.
1999
Accordion Crimes
Fiction, Accordionists, Accordionists in fiction
A tale of immigrants centered on an accordion brought to America in the 1880s. After its Italian owner is murdered, the instrument passes into the hands of other ethnic groups--German, French-Canadian, Mexican, Polish, Norwegian--and the novel describes their ceremonies, dreams and hates. By the author of The Shipping News.
1996
Bad Dirt
Fiction, Literature, Social life and customs
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming.Bad Dirt is filled with the vivid and willful characters for which Proulx has become known. Each occupies a community or landscape described in rich and robust language, with an eye for detail unparalleled in American fiction.In 'The Contest', the men of Elk Tooth, Wyoming, vow to put aside their razors for two seasons and wait to see who has the longest beard come the 4th of July. Deb Sipple, the moving protagonist of 'That Trickle Down Effect', finds that his opportunism – and his smoking habit – lead to a massive destruction. And 'What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?' is the story of Gilbert Wolfscale, whose rabid devotion to his ranch drives off his wife and sons.Proulx displays her wit in every story of this stunning collection, as well as her knowledge of the West, of history, of ranching and farming. Her profound sympathy for characters who must use sheer will and courage to make it in tough territory makes this collection extraordinarily compelling.
2004

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Annie Proulx ranks 2,464 out of 7,302. Before her are Guan Hanqing, Gottschalk of Orbais, Winston Groom, William Beckford, Alois Musil, and María Kodama. After her are Rolf Hochhuth, Ariwara no Narihira, Dick Francis, Christopher Priest, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, and Valentin Kataev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Annie Proulx ranks 151. Before her are Yakov Sinai, Ludmila Belousova, Jack Welch, Robert Conrad, Vasily Livanov, and Pierre Kartner. After her are Leonardo Del Vecchio, Armando Manzanero, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Diane Ladd, Donald Arnold, and Sergio Rossi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Annie Proulx ranks 3,108 out of 20,380. Before her are George Koval (1913), Daniel Inouye (1924), Daniel Boone (1734), Esther Lederberg (1922), Frances Sternhagen (1930), and Larry Semon (1889). After her are Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Raymond Smullyan (1919), John Waters (1946), Jedediah Smith (1799), Sun Ra (1914), and Carmen Electra (1972).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Annie Proulx ranks 268. Before her are Charles Berlitz (1913), Kate Millett (1934), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Kate Chopin (1850), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), and Winston Groom (1943). After her are Richard Wright (1908), Michael Bishop (1945), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Ron Kovic (1946), Donald E. Westlake (1933), and Margaret Fuller (1810).

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