Gail Godwin |
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Lahir | Gail Kathleen Godwin June 18, 1937 Birmingham, Alabama |
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Pekerjaan | Author |
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Kewarganegaraan | American |
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Pendidikan | - Bachelor's in Journalism, University of North Carolina
- M.A. Ph.D., University of Iowa
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Genre | Fiction, autobiography |
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Karya terkenal | A Mother and Two Daughters (1982) and A Southern Family (1987) |
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Penghargaan | Three-time National Book Award nominee |
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Website |
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www.gailgodwin.com |
Gail Godwin adalah seorang novelis Amerika Serikat, lahir di Alabama.[1] Ia menuntut ilmu di bidang jurnalistik di University of North Carolina dan meneruskan di Universitas Iowa untuk meraih gelar doktor di bidang sastra inggris.[1] Tesis yang di ajukan olehnya adalah sebuah novel berjudul The Perfectionist.[1] Setelah itu, Godwin menjadi profesor di Universitas Illinois dan terus menulis novel hingga akhir hayatnya. Novelnya yang paling terkenal berjudul A Mother and Two Daughters yang terbit pada 1981.[1]
Novels - The Perfectionists (1970)
- Glass People (1972)
- The Odd Woman (1974)
- Dream Children (1976)
- Violet Clay (1978)
- A Mother and Two Daughters (1982) ISBN 978-0-345-38923-7
- Mr. Bedford and the Muses (1983)
- The Finishing School (1984) ISBN 978-0-345-47226-7
- A Southern Family (1987)
- Father Melancholy's Daughter (1991) ISBN 978-0-380-72986-9
- The Good Husband (1994)
- Evensong (1999) ISBN 978-0-345-43477-7
- Heart: A Personal Journal through its Myths and Meanings (2001)
- Evenings at Five (2003) ISBN 978-0-345-46103-2
- Queen of the Underworld (2006) ISBN 978-0-7393-2599-5
- The Making of a Writer (2006)
- Unfinished Desires (2009) ISBN 978-0-345-48321-8
- Flora (2013) ISBN 978-1-4088-4088-7
- Publishing: A Writer's Memoir (2015) ISBN 978-1-62040-826-1
| Other works - The Southern Belle (1975)
- Being on Everybody's Side (1979)
- Becoming a Writer (1980)
- Becoming the Characters in Your Own Novel (1982)
- Introduction to The Best American Short Stories (1985)
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Referensi
- ^ a b c d Susilo, Taufik Adi. Ensiklopedi Pengetahuan Dunia Abad 20. Javalitera. Yogyakarta 2010. Halaman 123