Marianne Wiggins

Marianne Wiggins (Lancaster, 8 novembre 1947) è una scrittrice statunitense.

Biografia

Nata a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, nel 1947[1], vive e lavora a Los Angeles[2].

Autrice di 3 raccolte di racconti e nove romanzi tra i quali John Dollar, rievocazione al femminile de Il signore delle mosche[3], è professoressa d'inglese alla University of Southern California[4].

Colpita da un grave ictus nel 2016, è stata aiutata dalla figlia Lara a completare il suo ultimo romanzo, Properties of Thirst, uscito nell'agosto del 2022[5][6].

Vita privata

Il 6 giugno 1965 ha sposato il distributore cinematografico Brian Porzak; dalla loro unione è nata la figlia Lara. Dopo il divorzio nel 1970, il 23 gennaio 1988 ha sposato lo scrittore Salman Rushdie dal quale ha divorziato nel 1993[7].

Opere

Romanzi

  • Babe (1975)
  • Went South (1980)
  • Separate Checks (1984)
  • John Dollar (1989)
  • Eveless Eden (1995)
  • Almost Heaven (1998)
  • Evidence of Things Unseen (2003)
  • The Shadow Catcher (2007)
  • Properties of Thirst (2022)

Raccolte di racconti

  • Herself in Love and Other Stories (1987)
  • Learning Urdu (1990)
  • Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone (1991)

Premi e riconoscimenti

Vincitrice

Premio Janet Heidinger Kafka
  • 1989 vincitrice con John Dollar[8]
Premio Whiting
  • 1989 vincitrice nella categoria "Narrativa"[9]

Finalista

Women's Prize for Fiction
  • 1996 finalista con Eveless Eden[10]
National Book Award per la narrativa
  • 2003 finalista con Evidence of Things Unseen[11]
Premio Pulitzer per la narrativa
  • 2004 finalista con Evidence of Things Unseen[12]

Note

  1. ^ (EN) Pagina dedicata all'autrice, su biography.jrank.org. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  2. ^ (EN) Alta Live: Author Marianne Wiggins, su altaonline.com, 15 agosto 2022. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  3. ^ The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English a cura di Lorna Sage, p. 666.
  4. ^ (EN) Marianne WigginsProfessor of English, su dornsife.usc.edu. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 31 agosto 2022).
  5. ^ (EN) Lorraine Berry, How a daughter’s love and a mother’s tenacity saved Marianne Wiggins’ novel, su latimes.com, 2 agosto 2022. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  6. ^ (EN) Chris Vognar, 'Properties of Thirst': A stroke could not stop Marianne Wiggins writing a great American novel, su eu.usatoday.com, 2 agosto 2022. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  7. ^ (EN) Wiggins, Marianne 1947-, su encyclopedia.com. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  8. ^ (EN) Past Recipients of the Kafka Prize, su sas.rochester.edu. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  9. ^ (EN) Marianne Wiggins 1989 Winner in Fiction, su whiting.org. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  10. ^ (EN) Eveless Eden [collegamento interrotto], su womensprizeforfiction.co.uk. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  11. ^ (EN) Finalist: Evidence of Things Unseen, by Marianne Wiggins (Simon & Schuster), su pulitzer.org. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.
  12. ^ (EN) Evidence of Things Unseen Finalist, National Book Awards 2003 for Fiction, su nationalbook.org. URL consultato il 31 agosto 2022.

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