Smiley, Jane.
Variant namesSmiley joined the English faculty at Iowa State University in 1981 as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 1984, full professor in 1989 and distinguished professor in 1992. She left the University in 1997. Smiley is the author of several titles, including The Greenlanders (1988), which was the result of her Fulbright-Hays grant to study for a year in Iceland; A Thousand Acres (1991), an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear that won her 1992's Pulitzer Prize for fiction; Moo (1995), a satirical novel about a land-grant university; and Horse Heaven (2000), written after her move to California's horse country.
From the description of Papers, 1981-2010. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 760205071
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| creatorOf | Smiley, Jane. Moo [kit] : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] / Jane Smiley. | Williamsburg regional library | |
| referencedIn | New Yorker records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | Bookmark Society (Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)). Bookmark Society records, 1985-[ongoing]. | Washington University in St. Louis, . | |
| creatorOf | Smiley, Jane. Papers, 1981-2010. | Iowa State University, Parks Library | |
| referencedIn | Yaddo records, 1870-1980 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division |
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| associatedWith | Iowa State University. Dept. of English. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Williamsburg Regional Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Yaddo (Artist's colony) | corporateBody |
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Birth 1949-09-26
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