Alison Lurie

Judith Alice Newman (University of Nottingham)

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)

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Born 3 Sep 1926
Died 3 Dec 2020
Activity 1960-2014

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Born in United States
Active in United States

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Alison Lurie was born on 3 September 1926 in Chicago, and brought up in White Plains, Westchester County, the child of progressive socialist parents. Her father, Harry, born in Latvia, was a sociologist and became the founder and director of The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, a social work agency. Her mother, Bernice Stewart, had supported herself from an early age, working her way through college, and then becoming a journalist for 15 years for the Detroit Free Press, editing the book and magazine section. As a result of a birth injury, which damaged her hearing and partly atrophied her facial muscles, Lurie became convinced that she would never marry, and was encouraged to concentrate on writing, …

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Citation: Newman, Judith Alice. "Alison Lurie". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 December 2008; last revised 24 June 2022. [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2821, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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