Professor
Alison Lurie
(
–
)
1926
2020
Cornell University
;
Ithaca, NY
Writer (novelist); Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature
Elected
2005
Writes about fiction and children's literature (Don't Tell the Grownups and Boys and Girls Forever). Known for adult novels concerning troubled academic marriages (The War between the Tates) and erotic misalliance (Foreign Affairs). Has also published books on the semiotics of fashion (The Language of Clothes) and architecture (The Language of Houses). Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for Foreign Affairs.
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