Shirley Ann Grau(1929-2020)
- Writer
Shirley Ann Grau (July 8, 1929 - August 3, 2020) was an American writer. She was born in New Orleans, and her work is set primarily in the Deep South and explores issues of race and gender. Her collection of stories, "The Black Prince," was nominated for the National Book Award in 1956. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1965 for her novel, "The Keepers of the House." She is recognized as an important writer in the fields of women's studies, feminist literature, and Southern literature.