Doris Betts (June 4, 1932 – April 21, 2012) was a short story writer, novelist, essayist and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita at University of North...
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Ugliest Pilgrim" is a southern gothic short story by American writer Doris Betts. It was first published in the Red Clay Reader, an annual magazine focusing...
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libretto by Brian Crawley based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts. It tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey...
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Southern Wild and Other Stories is a 1973 collection of short stories by Doris Betts. The collection was nominated for a 1974 National Book Award. The story...
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1986 Doris Betts (1932–2012), American author Doris Bigornia (born 1966), Filipina journalist Doris Birdsall (1915–2008), British politician Doris Bisang...
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Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982. The film is based on the Doris Betts short story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim," first published in the collection...
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ghost-writer. "I went to UNC-Chapel Hill as an undergraduate and I studied with Doris Betts, Jill McCorkle and Robert Kirkpatrick among others. All three were great...
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Doris Coley (August 2, 1941 – February 4, 2000) was an American musician, who was best known as a member (and occasional lead singer) of the Shirelles...
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North Carolina sisters who go west in the 19th–century as missionaries. Doris Betts, a novelist and creative writing professor at UNC, put Ross in touch...
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Love Story Finalist Eudora Welty The Optimist's Daughter Finalist 1974 Doris Betts Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories Winner Thomas Pynchon Gravity's...
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board and a national advisory board. National board members included Doris Betts, Walter Brueggemann, Scott Cairns, Michael Card, Elizabeth Dewberry,...
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1934), A Place on Earth Alfred Bester (1913–1987), The Demolished Man Doris Betts (1932–2012), Souls Raised from the Dead Kiran Bhat (born 1990) Earl Derr...
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Linney (1990) Lee Smith (1993) Monroe Spears (1993) Charles Wright (1993) Doris Betts (1995) Marsha Norman (1995) James Applewhite (1997) Richard Bausch (1997)...
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2011 – Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1920) 2012 – Doris Betts, American author and academic (b. 1932) 2013 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian...
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Prize for Literature. She has also won regional prizes, including the Doris Betts Fiction Prize and the James Hurst Prize for Fiction which are both for...
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Henri Bergson Thomas Bernhard John Berryman Alfred Bester Mongo Beti Doris Betts Hayim Nahman Bialik Elizabeth Biddulph, Baroness Biddulph Ella A. Bigelow...
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Nintendo of America. July 18, 2013. Thomas, Helen (March 6, 2014). "Doris Betts, a Greyhound Bus, and an Academy Award". University of North Carolina...
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Ref. 1980 Graham Greene 1981 Gilbert Sorrentino 1982 Robert Stone 1983 Doris Betts 1984 Tom Wolfe 1985 Russell Banks 1986 John Edgar Wideman 1987 Lee Smith...
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English guitarist and composer. John S. Ballard, 89, American politician. Doris Betts, 79, American author, lung cancer. Ramón Búa Otero, 78, Spanish Roman...
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Arts & sciences Writer Russell Banks 1967 English Novelist and poet Doris Betts Author Brian Blanchfield Essayist and poet Will Blythe 1979 English Writer...
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William Fields Public Service: Ellen Black Winston 1975 Literature: Doris Betts Science: John Etchells Fine Arts: Robert Ward Public Service: William...
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published work by Julian Bell, Stephen Dixon, Robert Parham, Iris Murdoch, Doris Betts, Walker Percy, Joyce Carol Oates, Cleanth Brooks, Kate Myers Hanson,...
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Weatherford Charles Chesnutt Charles Frazier Christian Reid Clyde Edgerton Doris Betts Elizabeth Daniels Squire Elizabeth Spencer Frances Gray Patton Fred Chappell...
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lyrics and book by Brian Crawley, based on "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts (a Theater Latte Da production presented by the Guthrie Theater) Coward's...
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Tesori, book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, based on The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts, directed by Sammi Cannold Carmen, conceived, directed, and choreographed...
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Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1971. Creative writing teachers Max Steele, Doris Betts, and William Blackburn allowed Bryan to audit classes. Having no foundation...
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spoon by Dulane Upshaw Ponder Anthropology by Andrea Lee Aboveground by Doris Betts I have lost my right by R. T. Smith Beneath the deep, slow motion by...
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an editor for The Paris Review. Kenan also studied with the author Doris Betts, who tried to get Kenan a job in publishing in New York City. Her efforts...
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USA. 1958-04-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-03 – via newspapers.com. "Doris Betts". Calvin University Center for Faith & Writing. Retrieved 2023-02-10...
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Hanes (1995) Betty Hodges / W.D. White / Emily Herring Wilson (1996) Doris Betts / Susan Ketchin / John Foster West (1997) Charles Fort / Judy Goldman...
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