![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Shirley_Ann_Grau_LCCN97503400.jpg/640px-Shirley_Ann_Grau_LCCN97503400.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Shirley Ann Grau
American writer (1929–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shirley Ann Grau (July 8, 1929 – August 3, 2020) was an American writer. She was born in New Orleans.[1] Her work is set mainly in the Deep South and talks about issues of race and gender.
Quick Facts Born, Died ...
Shirley Ann Grau | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Born | (1929-07-08)July 8, 1929 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | August 3, 2020(2020-08-03) (aged 91) Kenner, Louisiana, U.S. |
Years active | 1955–2006 |
Close
Her 1964 work The Keepers of the House was awarded the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[2][3]
She was an important feminist writer who talked about abortion, death and misogyny.[4]
Grau died on August 3, 2020 in Kenner, Louisiana from stroke-related problems at the age of 91.[5]