Anne Tyler

ANNE TYLER s-a nascut in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 si a inceput sa scrie scurte povestiri inca de la varsta de sapte ani. Si-a facut studiile la Duke University din Durham, Carolina de Nord, unde a castigat de doua ori Anne Flexner Award pentru creative writing si si-a vazut publicata prima povestire, Laura, in revista universitatii, Archive. Anne Tyler si-a continuat studiile la Columbia University si s-a specializat in literatura rusa.

 

A debutat in 1964 cu romanul If Morning Ever Comes, care o impune drept una dintre cele mai originale voci ale literaturii americane contemporane, iar un an mai tarziu ii apare cel de-al doilea roman, The Tin Can Tree. In 1967 autoarea se hotaraste sa se dedice in exclusivitate scrisului, iar in urmatorii ani vad lumina tiparului A Slipping-Down Life (1970 ), The Clock Winder (1972), Celestial Navigation (1974), Searching for Caleb (1975), Earthly Possessions (1977), care i-a adus un premiu al Academiei Americane. Urmeaza Morgan’s Passing (1980), Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982), nominalizat la PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, The Accidental Tourist, care a castigat National Book Critics Circle Award in1986, Breathing Lessons (1988), pentru care primeste un Pulitzer Prize, Saint Maybe (1991), Tumble Tower (1993), Ladder of Years (1996), A Patchwork Planet (1998), Back When We Were Grownups (2001), Digging to America (2006, nominalizat la Orange Broadband for Fiction), Noah's Compass (2010), The Beginner's Goodbye (2012).

 

In 2015 a aparut A Spool of Blue Thread, bestseller Sunday Times, nominalizat pe lista scurta la Baileys Women’s Prize si Man Booker Prize. La Editura Humanitas Fiction a mai aparut in 2007 Casatorie de amatori (The Amateur Marriage, 2003). Scorpia (Vinegar Girl, 2016) este a treia carte din seria Hogarth Shakespeare.