Ellen Glasgow

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

Ellen Glasgow, a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist of the American South, was born in Richmond, Virginia.

Early life

Born in Richmond in 1873, Glasgow was largely self-educated and began writing fiction in her twenties.

Over four decades she published realist novels chronicling Virginia society, culminating in "In This Our Life."

She won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, capping a distinguished literary career.

Glasgow is remembered as a leading realist voice in Southern literature.

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