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(1874-1938) Novelist, short story writer. After five years (1899-1904) of newspaper work in Milwaukee and New York City, living at 61 Washington Square in Greenwich Village, Zona Gale returned to her home town, determined to win success as a fiction writer.

Full Name

Zona Gale

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1874

BIRTH

Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin in 1874.

1899

RESIDENCE

Gale spent five years (1899-1904) of newspaper work in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and New York City, living at 61 Washington Square in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.

1906

LITWORK

Romance Island


Novel.

1908

LITWORK

Friendship Village


Short stories.

1918

LITWORK

Birth


Novel.

1920

LITWORK

Miss Lulu Bett


Gale's dramatization of "Miss Lulu Bett" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921.

1921

LITWORK

The Secret Way


Poetry.

1923

LITWORK

Faint Perfume


Novel.

1927

LITWORK

Yellow Gentians and Blue


Short stories.

1930

LITWORK

Bridal Pond


Short stories.

1933

LITWORK

Papa La Fleur


Novel.

1937

LITWORK

Light Woman


Novel.

1938

DEATH

Zona Gale died in 1938.

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