Sorensen, Virginia, 1912-1991

Virginia Sorensen was born Virginia Eggertsen in Provo, Utah, on 17 February 1912. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1934, and she also studied at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and at Stanford University. She married Frederick Chester Sorensen, but the marriage ended in divorce. She later married the English writer Alec Waugh and lived with him in Morocco from 1967 to 1980, when she returned to the United States. Sorensen is best know for her works of historical fiction that centered on individuals in small-town Mormon society, including her most recognizable work, A little lower than the angels (1942). She was also renowned as a children's author. Sorensen was twice awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support her literary research, and received other literary awards. Virginia Sorensen died on 24 December 1991.

From the description of Little books, 1962-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367429866

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