Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965
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American novelist and short-story writer.
From the description of Letters to Shirley Jackson, 1954, 1958. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122590225
Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) was a 20th century author, born to a mother from a long-time San Francisco family of architects and a father from England. Shirley began writing verse almost as soon as she could write, according to her mother, and, at the age of twelve, she won a poetry contest sponsored by the Junior Home Magazine for her poem, "The Pine Tree." She spent two years at the University of Rochester before withdrawing in June, 1936. In 1937, she entered Syracuse University. Her first story, "Janice," was published in the college magazine in 1938, the same year she was appointed fiction editor of the campus humor magazine. Jackson graduated from Syracuse in 1940 and immediately married Stanley Edgar Hyman. The following year, The New Republic ran her first national publication, "My Life With R.H. Macy." Her first novel, "The Road Through the Wall," was published in 1948, along with her most well-known story, "The Lottery." Her novel, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," was on the best-seller list in 1962, and was named one of the year's ten best novels by Time magazine. As well as maintaining a strict writing schedule, Jackson was the mother of four children and published two family chronicles, "Life Among the Savages" and "Raising Demons." Shirley Jackson died of heart failure on August 8, 1965, at the age of forty-five.
From the description of Shirley Jackson papers (MS 336), ca.1949-ca.1965. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 221368316
American author.
From the description of Letter to Fredson Bowers [manuscript], 1965 June 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647845673
From the description of Letter to Fredson Bowers, 1965 June 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135337
Author.
From the description of Shirley Jackson papers, 1932-1991 (bulk 1932-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131274
From the description of Papers, 1932-1970 (bulk 1938-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 30891867
Biographical Note
From the guide to the Shirley Jackson Papers, 1932-1991, (bulk 1932-1965), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Shirley Jackson was a 20th century author. Born on December 14, 1919 to a mother from a long line of San Francisco architects (a strong influence on her writing) and a father from England, Shirley spent the first fourteen years of her life in the San Francisco area. She began writing verse almost as soon as she could write, according to her mother. At the age of twelve she won a poetry contest sponsored by the Junior Home Magazine for her poem "The Pine Tree." She spent two years at the University of Rochester, but was unhappy and withdrew in June of 1936. In the fall of 1937 she entered Syracuse University. Her first story, "Janice," was published in the college magazine in 1938, the same year she was appointed fiction editor of the campus humor magazine.
Jackson graduated from Syracuse in 1940 and immediately married Stanley Edgar Hyman. The following year The New Republic ran her first national publication, "My Life With R.H. Macy." Her first novel, "The Road Through the Wall," was published in 1948, along with her most well-known story, "The Lottery." Her novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" was on the best-seller list in 1962, and Time magazine named it one of the year's ten best.
As well as maintaining a strict writing schedule, Jackson was the mother of four children, Laurence, born in 1942, Joanne, in 1945, Sarah, in 1948, and Barry, in 1951. She published two family chronicles, "Life Among the Savages" and "Raising Demons." Shirley Jackson died of heart failure on August 8, 1965, at the age of forty-five.
From the guide to the Shirley Jackson Papers (MS 336), ca.1949-ca.1965, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.)
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- American fiction
- Short stories, American
- Women authors, American
- Fiction
- Horror tales, American
- Humorous stories, American
- Supernatural in literature
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