Jane Smiley

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American novelist Pulitzer Prize winner human novel novelist

Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist best known for works such as "A Thousand Acres," noted for her incisive explorations of family, morality, and Midwestern life.

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Jane Smiley canonical 5

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instanceOf American novelist ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize winner ⓘ
human ⓘ
novel ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
academicDegree BA ⓘ
MA ⓘ
MFA ⓘ
PhD ⓘ
author Jane Smiley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
basedOn King Lear ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1949-09-26 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Iowa ⓘ
Vassar College ⓘ
employer Iowa State College ⓘ
surface form: Iowa State University
familyName Smiley ⓘ
fieldOfWork American literature ⓘ
contemporary literature ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
givenName Jane ⓘ
influencedBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Jane Smiley self-link ⓘ
notableWork A Thousand Acres (1997 film) ⓘ
surface form: A Thousand Acres

Early Warning ⓘ
Golden Age ⓘ
Horse Heaven ⓘ
Moo ⓘ
Private Life ⓘ
Some Luck ⓘ
Saga of the Greenlanders ⓘ
surface form: The Greenlanders

The Last Hundred Years Trilogy ⓘ
notedFor depictions of Midwestern life ⓘ
explorations of family relationships ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
publicationDate 1991 ⓘ
writingFocus family dynamics ⓘ
morality ⓘ
rural American life ⓘ
writingStyle realism ⓘ

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Iowa Writers' Workshop → notableAlumni → Jane Smiley ⓘ
Jane Smiley → name → Jane Smiley self-link ⓘ
Jane Smiley → author → Jane Smiley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: A Thousand Acres
Laura Jones → author → Jane Smiley ⓘ
subject surface form: A Thousand Acres (novel)
IWW → hasAlumnus → Jane Smiley ⓘ