Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet.

Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
Kingsolver at the 2019 National Book Festival
Kingsolver at the 2019 National Book Festival
Born (1955-04-08) April 8, 1955 (age 71)
Annapolis, Maryland,
U.S.
Occupation
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Arizona
Period1988–present
GenreHistorical fiction
SubjectSocial justice, feminism, environmentalism
Notable works
Spouse
  • Joseph Hoffmann (1985–1992)
  • Steven Hopp (1994–present)
Children
  • Camille
  • Lily
Website
www.kingsolver.com

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

  • 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]

References

  1. ↑ "White House Announces the 2000 National Humanities Medalists". The National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  2. ↑ "Award Winners – Dayton Literary Peace Prize". Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. ↑ "Fiction". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/anmeldelser/anmeldelse_-_demon-copperhead_-av-barbara-kingsolver-1.16838913. Retrieved 2024-05-02



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