Novelist Shirley Jackson

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Shirley Jackson

Living place: Burlington

Birthday: 14-12-1916

Population of US 1916: 101,961,000

Global rank: #38834

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Who is Novelist Shirley Jackson?
Shirley Jackson full name is Shirley Hardie Jackson, is an American writer. She is a famous writer of her generation and her works have attracted the attention of literary critics in recent years. Shirley's literary style is influenced by Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, Neil Gaiman, Joanne Harris and Richard Matheson.
In 1938, while she was still studying at Syracuse, she published her first novel, "Janice". Since then, this work has been printed in Harper, Mademoiselle, Collier, Good Housekeeping, The New Republic, The New Yorker, Woman's Home Companion, Woman's Day, and many other newspapers and publications. She is best known to the public through the short story "The Lottery" released in 1948, the work "The Haunting of the Hill House" in 1959.
Writer Shirley Jackson died on August 8, 1965 at her home. in North Bennington, a heart attack while sleeping. Before her death, she was overweight, had a smoking habit and suffered from a number of mental illnesses.
Several awards:
  • Best Short Story in America 1944 for "Come Dance with Me in Ireland"
  • O. Henry Prize Stories 1949 for "The Lottery"
  • Best Short Story in America 1951 for "The Summer People"
  • Best Short Story in America 1956 for " One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts"
  • New York Times Book Review Award for "Fiction of 1959" for work
  • "The Haunting of Hill House"
  • Appeared in Time magazine on its "10 Best Novels" list of the year for "We Have Always Lived in the Castle".
  • New York Times Book Review's "Best Fiction of 1966." " for "The Magic of Shirley Jackson"
  • New York Times Book Review's "Best Fiction of 1968 for "Come Along with Me"
Fiction:
  • 1948: The Road Through the Wall
  • 1951: Hangsaman
  • 1954: The Bird's Nest
  • 1958: The Sundial
  • 1959: The Haunting of Hill House
  • 1962: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Short Story:
  • An International Incident, The New Yorker
  • IOU , Just a n Ordinary Day
  • The Island, New Mexico Quarterly Review
  • Aunt Gertrude, Harper's
  • The Bakery, Peacock Alley
  • About Two Nice People, Ladies' Home Journal (July 1951)
  • Account Closed, Good Housekeeping (April 1950)
  • After You, My Dear Alphonse, The New Yorker (January 1) /1943)
  • The Homecoming, Charm
  • The House, Woman's Day
  • I Don't Kiss Strangers, Just an Ordinary Day
  • Indians Live In Tents, Just An Ordinary Day
  • Afternoon in Linen, The New Yorker, Sept (April 1943)
  • All the Girls Were Dancing, Collier's, (11/ November 1950)
  • All She Said Was Yes, Vogue
  • Alone in a Den of Cubs, Woman's Day
  • The Daemon Lover ['The Phantom Lover' ], Woman's Home Companion
  • Daughter, Come Home, Charm
  • Day of Glory, Woman's Day
  • Bulletin, The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • The Bus, The Saturday Evening Post
  • Come Dance with Me in Ireland, The New Yorker
  • Concerning … Tomorrow, Syracusan
  • It Isn't the Money, The New Yorker
  • It's Only a Game, Harper's
  • Journey with a Lady, Harper's
  • Dinner for a Gentleman, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
  • Don't Tell Daddy, Woman's Home Companion
  • Every Boy Should Learn to Play the Trumpet, Woman's Home Companion
  • Family Magician, Woman's Home Companion
  • A Fine Old Firm, The New Yorker
  • The First Car Is the Hardest, Harper's
  • The Friends, Charm
  • The Gift, Charm, Dec
  • A Great Voice Stilled, Playboy
  • Had We But World Enough, Specter
  • Happy Birthday to Baby, Charm
  • Home, Ladies' Home Journal
  • Liaison a la Cockroach, Syracusan
  • Little Dog Lost, Charm
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  • Call Me Ishmael, Specter, Fall
  • A Cauliflower in Her Hair, Mademoiselle
  • Charles, Mademoiselle
  • The Clothespin Dolls, Woman's Day
  • Colloquy, The New Yorker
  • A Little Magic, Woman's Home Companio n
  • Little Old Lady, Mademoiselle, Sept
  • The Lottery, The New Yorker
  • Louisa, Please Come Home, Ladies' Home Journal

 
 

Family life info

In 1940 Shirley Jackson married literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. She and her husband have four children, Laurence, Joanne, Sarah, and Barry.

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Writer Shirley Jackson was influenced by other authors such as Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, Neil Gaiman, Joanne Harris and Richard Matheson

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When was Novelist Shirley Jackson born?
Shirley Jackson was born in 14-12-1916, death year is , at the age of 108.
Where is Novelist Shirley Jackson's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California- United States. Ms working and living in Burlington, Vermont- United States. Ms, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Shirley Jackson's global rank is 38834 and whose rank is 233 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1916 is about 101,961,000 persons.
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Events in 1916 and 14-12

Events in US in the birth year of Shirley Jackson

  • Congress authorizes a plan to expand the U.S. armed forces over the next five years (June).
  • Montana voters elect 36-year-old Republican Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
  • U.S. National Park Service in the Department of the Interior is created by act of Congress (Aug. 20).
  • Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the country at 46 Amboy St., Brooklyn.

Birthday Shirley Jackson (14-12) in history

  • Day 14-12 year 1799: The founder of the United States, George Washington, passed away at the age of 67.
  • Day 14-12 year 1819: Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States.
  • Day 14-12 year 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
  • Day 14-12 year 1939: The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.
  • Day 14-12 year 1967: DNA synthesized for the first time.
  • Day 14-12 year 1981: Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights.
  • Day 14-12 year 1985: Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
  • Day 14-12 year 1989: Nobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.
  • Day 14-12 year 2012: Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.
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