Zona Gale (1874–1938)
Author of Miss Lulu Bett
About the Author
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Works by Zona Gale
Faint Perfume 6 copies
Papa La Fleur 5 copies
Uncle Jimmy 4 copies
Light woman 2 copies
Bridal pond 1 copy
Magna 1 copy
Zona Gale - Friendship Village: ''I tell you of all history the most beautiful product is the family… (2022) 1 copy
Associated Works
In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians (2002) — Contributor — 538 copies, 13 reviews
The Signet Classic Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (1985) — Contributor — 43 copies, 1 review
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 2: Love, Marriage, and the Family (1966) — Contributor — 39 copies
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review
Breaking the Ties That Bind: Popular Stories of the New Woman, 1915-1930 (1992) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1924 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1925) — Contributor — 7 copies, 1 review
Pulitzer Prize Winning Works Collection: One of Ours, His Family, Miss Lulu Bett, Cornhuskers, Anna Christie, Alice… (2013) 4 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1926 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1926) — Contributor — 3 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Secret Ingredient / Snowbound Six / To Springvale for Christmas / Lovey — Author — 1 copy
Trumps: A Collection of Short Stories — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1874-08-26
- Date of death
- 1938-12-27
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Place of death
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Portage, Wisconsin, USA
- Education
- University of Wisconsin
- Occupations
- novelist
playwright
reporter
short story writer
women's rights activist - Organizations
- National Women's Party
Lucy Stone League - Short biography
- Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, and attended college there and earned a master's degree at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She worked as a journalist in Milwaukee and New York. Her first published work was the sentimental novel, Romance Island (1906). Her 1918 novel Birth was later adapted for the stage under the title of Mr. Pitt in 1924, but she achieved real public recognition and fame for her real-life depictions of life in the Midwest for her popular novel Miss Lulu Brett (1920). In 1921, she was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the stage version of it. Her other novels included, Papa le Fleur (1933), and the story anthology Yellow Gentians and Blue (1927).
Zona Gale was a fervent supporter of the suffrage campaign to win the right for women to vote, a pacifist, and an admirer of the work of Jane Addams at Hull House. In 1928, she married William Breese, a manufacturer from her home town, which led to her collection, Portage, Wisconsin and Other Essays (1928).
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- Works
- 35
- Also by
- 23
- Members
- 219
- Popularity
- #102,099
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 125
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 2