Jayne Anne Phillips

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Jayne Anne Phillips is an American author known for her emotionally intense, minimalist fiction that often explores working-class lives and family relationships.

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instanceOf essayist
human
novelist
short story writer
activeYearsStart 1970s
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship
National Book Award longlist (for Lark and Termite) NERFINISHED
National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (for Lark and Termite)
O. Henry Award NERFINISHED
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1952-07-19
educatedAt Iowa Writers' Workshop NERFINISHED
WVU (West Virginia University) NERFINISHED
employer Rutgers University–Newark NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork fiction
novels
short stories
genre literary fiction
minimalist fiction
hasWritten novel Lark and Termite NERFINISHED
novel Machine Dreams NERFINISHED
novel MotherKind
novel Night Watch
novel Quiet Dell
novel Shelter
short story collection Black Tickets
short story collection Fast Lanes NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement minimalism
nationality American
notableFor emotionally intense, minimalist fiction about working-class and family life
notableWork Black Tickets NERFINISHED
Fast Lanes NERFINISHED
Lark and Termite NERFINISHED
Machine Dreams NERFINISHED
MotherKind NERFINISHED
Night Watch NERFINISHED
Quiet Dell NERFINISHED
Shelter NERFINISHED
occupation novelist
professor
short story writer
writer
placeOfBirth Buckhannon, West Virginia NERFINISHED
positionHeld founding director of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Rutgers–Newark
workFocus American life in the 20th century
family relationships
working-class lives
writingStyle compressed, lyrical language
emotionally intense prose

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