Annie Proulx

Aliki Varvogli (University of Dundee)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 22 Aug 1935
Activity 1988-ongoing

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Story-writer

Resources

E. Annie Proulx (the E. stands for Edna, and Proulx rhymes with true) was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1935, the eldest of five daughters. Her father was French Canadian and her mother American, and the family lived in New England and North Carolina. Proulx's father started out as a bobbin boy in a textile mill, and worked his way up to become vice-president of the company. His work commitments meant that the family had to move frequently, but even so he was often absent from home, absorbed in his work. “I suspect my intense and single-minded work habits stem from his example”, says Proulx. Her mother was a keen story-teller, an amateur naturalist and a painter, and Proulx attributes her attention to detail and her painstaking …

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Citation: Varvogli, Aliki. "Annie Proulx". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3654, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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