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Shirley Ann Grau

1929 - 2020

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Shirley Ann Grau (July 8, 1929 – August 3, 2020) was an American writer. Born in New Orleans, she lived part of her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama. Her novels are set primarily in the Deep South and explore issues of race and gender. In 1965 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel The Keepers of the House, set in a fictional Alabama town. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Ann Grau is the 6,453rd most popular writer (up from 6,651st in 2024), the 12,263rd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,192nd in 2019) and the 886th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Shirley Ann Grau ranks 6,453 out of 7,302. Before her are J. P. Donleavy, Sally Rooney, Alain LeRoy Locke, Raif Badawi, Rick Falkvinge, and Walter Lord. After her are Mieko Kawakami, Ellen Willis, Sahir Ludhianvi, Masha Gessen, Brian Friel, and Paul Klebnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Shirley Ann Grau ranks 523. Before her are Michel Knuysen, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Boris Nikolov, Johnny Ace, Bhanu Athaiya, and Nel Noddings. After her are Brian Friel, Nirmala Deshpande, Tom Foley, Jerry Adler, Pete George, and Peter Sculthorpe. Among people deceased in 2020, Shirley Ann Grau ranks 743. Before her are J. I. Packer, Ivan Utrobin, Bhanu Athaiya, Dawn Wells, Sumner Redstone, and Mridula Sinha. After her are Tony Waiters, Annie Ross, Vadão, Kapila Vatsyayan, Ali Khalif Galaydh, and Doris de Agostini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Ann Grau ranks 12,266 out of 20,380. Before her are Edward Andrews (1914), Ryan Hurst (1976), James Johnson (1987), Michael Cooper (1956), Frank Lautenberg (1924), and Laura Johnson (1957). After her are Ellen Willis (1941), Brent Briscoe (1961), Wyatt Russell (1986), Miranda Cosgrove (1993), Jerry Vale (1930), and Don Toliver (1994).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Shirley Ann Grau ranks 886. Before her are Alan Dundes (1934), Greil Marcus (1945), Lynne Cox (1957), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), and Walter Lord (1917). After her are Ellen Willis (1941), Paul Klebnikov (1963), Janet Evanovich (1943), Michael Chabon (1963), Wilma Mankiller (1945), and Arthur Laurents (1917).

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