Alison Lurie
1926 - 2020
General Information
Bio
(1926-2020) Novelist. Alison Lurie was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Ithaca, New York. Her novel, “Foreign Affairs” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1985.
Full Name
Alison Lurie
Locations
Westchester
Author's Timeline
1926
BIRTH
Alison Stewart Lurie was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 3, 1926.
1930
RESIDENCE
As a child, Ms. Lurie lived in White Plains, New York, in about the 1930s.
1962
LITWORK
Love and Friendship
Macmillan
0434439010 / 978-0434439010
Novel.
Macmillan
0434439010 / 978-0434439010
Novel.
1967
LITWORK
Imaginary Friends
Coward-Mccann, Inc.
0434439002 / 978-0434439003
Novel.
Coward-Mccann, Inc.
0434439002 / 978-0434439003
Novel.
1970
OTHER
Ms. Lurie taught at Cornell University in the 1970s.
1974
LITWORK
The War Between the Tates
Random House
0394462017 / 978-0394462011
Novel.
Random House
0394462017 / 978-0394462011
Novel.
1980
LITWORK
Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales
Harpercollins
0690039441 / 978-0690039443
Children's book.
Harpercollins
0690039441 / 978-0690039443
Children's book.
1981
LITWORK
The Language of Clothes
Random House
0394513029 / 978-0394513027
Nonfiction.
Random House
0394513029 / 978-0394513027
Nonfiction.
1984
LITWORK
Foreign Affairs
Random House
039454076X / 978-0394540764
Novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1985.
Random House
039454076X / 978-0394540764
Novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1985.
1990
LITWORK
Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature
Little Brown & Company
0316537223 / 978-0316537223
Criticism.
Little Brown & Company
0316537223 / 978-0316537223
Criticism.
1994
LITWORK
Women and Ghosts
Nan A. Talese
0385473923 / 978-0385473927
Stories.
Nan A. Talese
0385473923 / 978-0385473927
Stories.
2001
LITWORK
Familiar Spirits: A Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson
Viking Adult
0670894591 / 978-0670894598
Memoir.
Viking Adult
0670894591 / 978-0670894598
Memoir.
2003
LITWORK
Boys and Girls Forever: Children's Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter
Chatto & Windus
1422357740 / 978-1422357743
Criticism.
Chatto & Windus
1422357740 / 978-1422357743
Criticism.
2012
OTHER
Ms. Lurie was selected as a New York State Author by the New York State Writers Institute, located at the University at Albany, SUNY, from 2012 to 2014. The choice for State Author is based on a substantial body of work of notable literary merit.
2020
DEATH
Alison Lurie died at a hospice center in Ithaca, New York, on December 3, 2020.
2020
INTERMENT
Alison Lurie was interred at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Ithaca, New York.
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