16 Facts About Annie Proulx

Edna Ann Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist.

Annie Proulx lived in multiple states along the East Coast during her childhood as her father worked his way up through the textile industry.

Annie Proulx wrote her first story at the age of 10, while sick with chicken pox.

Annie Proulx graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Maine.

Annie Proulx briefly attended Colby College, where she met her first husband, H Ridgely Bullock, Jr.

Annie Proulx pursued a PhD at Concordia and passed her oral examinations in 1975, but abandoned her dissertation before completing the degree.

Annie Proulx lived for more than 30 years in Vermont, has married and divorced three times, and has three sons and a daughter.

Annie Proulx subsequently published stories in Esquire magazine and Gray's Sporting Journal in the late 1970s, as well as how-to manuals for cooking and gardening.

Annie Proulx published her first short-story collection, Heart Songs, in 1988 and her first novel, Postcards, in 1992.

Annie Proulx was awarded a NEA fellowship and a Guggenheim fellowship in 1992.

Annie Proulx had the following comment on her celebrity status:.

In 1997, Annie Proulx was awarded the Dos Passos Prize, a mid-career award for American writers.

Annie Proulx has twice won the O Henry Prize for the year's best short story.

Annie Proulx won again the following year for "The Mud Below", which appeared in The New Yorker June 22 and 29,1999.

The opera of the same name with a libretto by Annie Proulx herself premiered January 28,2014, at the Teatro Real in Madrid.

Annie Proulx published her first non-fiction book, Bird Cloud: A Memoir, largely based on her former Wyoming ranch of the same name.