Georgia Biography -- Authors

• Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
  Administered by the University of Georgia libraries, the Hall of Fame web site includes general information as well as a searchable database of newspaper and magazine articles about inductees.

• Georgia Authors 2002: A Reference Work
  This publication includes a comprehensive list of Georgia authors, as well as information on notable authors, African American authors, and children's books. Documents are in .pdf format.

• Conrad Aiken (1889-1973)
  Aiken, a poet, novelist, and native of Savannah, won a National Book Award and was the first Georgian to win a Pulitzer Prize.
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• Elias Boudinot (ca. 1804-1839)
  Boudinot was editor of the first Native American newspaper in the United States.
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• Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987)
  Caldwell's works, including "God's Little Acre" and "Tobacco Road," have sold more than 80 million copies. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1984.
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• Pat Conroy (b. 1945)
  Pat Conroy's work has proven popular with critics and the masses alike; many of his novels have spawned major motion picture adaptations.
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• Harry Crews (b. 1935)
  Born in Bacon County, Georgia, Crews is a noted novelist, essayist, and playwright.
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• James Dickey (1923-1997)
  Dickey, most well known for his novel "Deliverance" and its popular film adaptation, was also a noted poet and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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• Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)
  Harris is best known for creating "Uncle Remus," but he also wrote for many years for the Atlanta Constitution, published some twenty books, and was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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• John Oliver Killens (1916-1987)
  This noted author and native of Macon received two Pulitzer Prize nominations for his novels "And Then We Heard the Thunder" and "Cotillion."
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• Sydney Lanier (1842-1881)
  Lanier is seen primarily as a poet, although he wrote a novel and several volumes of criticism and was an accomplished professional flutist.
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• Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870)
  Longstreet's 1835 "Georgia Scenes," a collection of humorous episodes from the southwest frontier, inspired and influenced later 19th and 20th century southern literature.
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• Carson McCullers (1917-1967)
  McCullers's novels are consistently ranked among the finest of modern southern literature. She receieved numerous literary awards and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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• Ralph McGill (1898-1969)
  A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, McGill worked in various capacities for the Atlanta Constitution for forty years.
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• Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949)
  "Gone With the Wind," Mitchell's only published work, garnered her a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and unprecedented national and worldwide sales.
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• Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
  A native of Savannah, O'Connor won three O. Henry Awards for short fiction and received a posthumous National Book Award for her collected stories.
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• Byron Herbert Reece (1917-1958)
  Georgia poet Byron Reece produced five volumes of poetry and two novels; he won the Georgia Writer's Association literature award five times and was poet-in-residence at both Young Harris College and Emory University.
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• Lillian Smith (1897-1966)
  Smith was the author of the controversial novel "Strange Fruit" and wrote for a number of respected magazines.
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• Alice Walker (b. 1944)
  Walker won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for her 1983 novel "The Color Purple." She is a native of Eatonton, and attended Spelman College.
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