Award
War Resisters League Peace Award
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Grace Paley
1922-12-11 – 2007-08-21
Life & Legacy
Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 – August 22, 2007), née Goodside, was an American short story author, poet, teacher, and political activist.
Paley wrote three critically acclaimed collections of short stories, which were compiled in the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Collected Stories in 1994. Her stories home in on the everyday conflicts and heartbreaks of city life, heavily informed by her childhood in the Bronx. Paley’s writing is widely recognized for its distinctive authorial voice.
Beyond her work as an author and university professor, Paley was a feminist and anti-war activist, describing herself as a "somewhat combative pacifist and cooperative anarchist."
Occupation & Career
writer, teacher, activist
Education
Hunter College; New York University; The New School; St. Catharine Academy
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
War Resisters League Peace Award; Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award; PEN/Malamud Award; Rea Award for the Short Story; Guggenheim Fellowship
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship · PEN/Malamud Award · Rea Award for the Short Story · War Resisters League Peace Award · Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Employer
Columbia University
Organizations & Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Letters · American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Education & Institutions
Hunter College · New York University · St. Catharine Academy · The New School
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q443966 · wikidata
Award
PEN/Malamud Award
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q443966 · wikidata
Award
Rea Award for the Short Story
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q443966 · wikidata
Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q443966 · wikidata
Family Spouse
Robert Nichols
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Sources & Provenance
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