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Douglas was born in [[Natchez, Mississippi]] and grew up in [[Hope, Arkansas]], and [[Alexandria, Louisiana]]. She graduated from the [[University of Mississippi]] in 1942.<ref name="ap2008">Associated Press (June 9, 2008). [http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-06-09-ellen-douglas_N.htm Author Ellen Douglas to be honored.] ''[[USA Today]]''</ref> She later taught writing there. She adopted the pen name Ellen Douglas before the publication of “A Family’s Affairs” to protect the privacy of two aunts, on whose lives she had based much of the plot.<ref name="NYTobit">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/arts/ellen-douglas-southern-novelist-dies-at-91.html?_r=0/2012/11/12/36776e8c-2940-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html|title=Ellen Douglas, Novelist of Southern Life, Dies at 91|date=November 12, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2015|work=New York Times}}</ref>
Douglas was born in [[Natchez, Mississippi]] and grew up in [[Hope, Arkansas]], and [[Alexandria, Louisiana]]. She graduated from the [[University of Mississippi]] in 1942.<ref name="ap2008">Associated Press (June 9, 2008). [http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-06-09-ellen-douglas_N.htm Author Ellen Douglas to be honored.] ''[[USA Today]]''</ref> She later taught writing there. She adopted the pen name Ellen Douglas before the publication of “A Family’s Affairs” to protect the privacy of two aunts, on whose lives she had based much of the plot.<ref name="NYTobit">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/arts/ellen-douglas-southern-novelist-dies-at-91.html?_r=0/2012/11/12/36776e8c-2940-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html|title=Ellen Douglas, Novelist of Southern Life, Dies at 91|date=November 12, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2015|work=New York Times}}</ref>


Douglas died of heart failure at the age of 91 on November 7, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/mississippi-author-ellen-douglas-dies-at-91-was-national-book-award-nominee/2012/11/07/36776e8c-2940-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html|title=Miss. author Ellen Douglas dies at 91; was National Book Award nominee for "Apostles of Light"|date=November 8, 2012|accessdate=November 8, 2012|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>
Douglas died of heart failure at the age of 91 on November 7, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/mississippi-author-ellen-douglas-dies-at-91-was-national-book-award-nominee/2012/11/07/36776e8c-2940-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html|title=Miss. author Ellen Douglas dies at 91; was National Book Award nominee for ''Apostles of Light''|date=November 8, 2012|accessdate=November 8, 2012|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>


Margalit Fox writes that Douglas's mature work "explored the epochal divide between the Old South and the New, examining vast, difficult subjects — race relations, tensions between the sexes, the conflict between the needs of the individual and those of the community — through the small, clear prism of domestic life."<ref name="NYTobit"/>
Margalit Fox writes that Douglas's work "explored the epochal divide between the Old South and the New, examining vast, difficult subjects — race relations, tensions between the sexes, the conflict between the needs of the individual and those of the community — through the small, clear prism of domestic life."<ref name="NYTobit"/>


==Selected bibliography==
==Selected bibliography==

Revision as of 18:25, 8 July 2015

Ellen Douglas was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton (July 12, 1921 – November 7, 2012), an American author.[1] Her book Apostles of Light was a National Book Award nominee.

Douglas was born in Natchez, Mississippi and grew up in Hope, Arkansas, and Alexandria, Louisiana. She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1942.[2] She later taught writing there. She adopted the pen name Ellen Douglas before the publication of “A Family’s Affairs” to protect the privacy of two aunts, on whose lives she had based much of the plot.[3]

Douglas died of heart failure at the age of 91 on November 7, 2012.[4]

Margalit Fox writes that Douglas's work "explored the epochal divide between the Old South and the New, examining vast, difficult subjects — race relations, tensions between the sexes, the conflict between the needs of the individual and those of the community — through the small, clear prism of domestic life."[3]

Selected bibliography

  • A Family's Affairs (1961)
  • Black Cloud, White Cloud: Two Novellas and Two Stories (1963)
  • "On the Lake," in Prize Stories 1963 (1963)
  • Where The Dreams Cross (1968)
  • Apostles of Light (1973)
  • The Rock Cried Out (1979)
  • A Lifetime Burning (1982)
  • A Long Night (1986)
  • The Magic Carpet and Other Tales (1987)
  • Can't Quit You, Baby (1988)
  • Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell (1998)
  • Witnessing (2004) University Press of Mississippi

References

  1. ^ Paterson, Judith (July 10, 1988). Southern Discomforts. Washington Post
  2. ^ Associated Press (June 9, 2008). Author Ellen Douglas to be honored. USA Today
  3. ^ a b "Ellen Douglas, Novelist of Southern Life, Dies at 91". New York Times. November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Miss. author Ellen Douglas dies at 91; was National Book Award nominee for Apostles of Light". The Washington Post. November 8, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.

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