Julia Peterkin
Julia Peterkin (October 31, 1880 – August 10, 1961) was an American author from South Carolina. In 1929 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Novel/Literature for her novel Scarlet Sister Mary. She wrote several novels about the plantation South, especially the Gullah people of the Lowcountry. She was one of the few white authors who wrote about the African-American experience.
Julia Peterkin | |
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Doris Ulmann (left) and Peterkin (right) | |
| Born | October 31, 1880 |
| Died | August 10, 1961 (aged 80) |
| Education | Converse University (BA, MA) |
| Occupation | Author |
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