Nationality American Role Novelist Period 1983–present Education University of Houston | Notable works Edisto (1984) Awards Whiting Awards Name Padgett Powell | |
Born April 25, 1952 (age 72)
Gainesville, Florida, United States ( 1952-04-25 ) Occupation novelist, short story writer Nominations National Book Award for First Work of Fiction Books The Interrogative Mood, Cries for Help - Various, Aliens of affection, A woman named Drown, Edisto revisited | ||
Alumni profile padgett powell 74 national book award finalist
Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American novelist in the Southern literary tradition. His debut novel, Edisto (1984), was nominated for the American Book Award and was excerpted in The New Yorker.
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- Alumni profile padgett powell 74 national book award finalist
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Powell has written five more novels—including A Woman Named Drown (1987), Edisto Revisited (1996), a sequel to his debut, Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men (2000), The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? (2009), and You & Me (2012), his most recent—and three collections of short stories. In addition to The New Yorker, Powell's work has appeared in The Paris Review, Harper's, Grand Street, Oxford American, The New York Times Book Review, and other publications.
Powell has been a writing professor at the University of Florida since 1984. He loves snakes, particularly the indigo snake.
Padgett powell at turnrow books
Awards and honors
Works
Novels
Story collections
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