![]() ![]() In her new home, Anne would spend several years of her young life caring for livestock participating in organic farming and partaking in educational activities such as carpentry, art, and cooking, among other subjects taught in a little schoolhouse, although it was not a part of the public school system.Īnne Tyler has often spoken of the first time she experienced the spark of storytelling, and the many hours she would spend under her bedcovers at the age of three, creating stories in her attempt to fall asleep. The Tyler family lived in various Quaker communities before finally settling down in a commune in Celo, North Carolina. ![]() With several dozen novels to her name, she has won numerous awards during her writing career, including the Sunday Times Award and the Ambassador Book Award in addition to the Pulitzer, which she won in 1989 for “Breathing Lessons.” Her works place special emphasis on family and marriage in America, and the various conflicts that surround these relationships.Īnne Tyler was born to Lloyd Parry Tyler (industrial chemist) and Phyllis Mahon Tyler (social worker) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ![]() ![]() Anne Tyler is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist born in October 1941. ![]()
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