Alison Lurie
Alison Lurie
Author • Editorb. September 3, 19265
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Alison Lurie is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author of fiction and nonfiction. Born in Chicago and raised in White Plains, New York, she joined the English department at Cornell University in 1970, where she taught courses on children’s literature, among others. Her first novel, Love and Friendship (196…
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What awards has Alison Lurie won?
Alison Lurie won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1985 for her novel "Foreign Affairs." She also received the Prix Femina Étranger in France for the same novel.
Are any of Alison Lurie's books adapted?
Her novel "Foreign Affairs" was adapted into a television film in 1993. "The War Between the Tates" was also adapted into a television miniseries.