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An American author, she is best known for The Time of Man, The Great Meadow, and other Appalachian-themed works.She received the O. Henry Award in 1930.She was a contemporary of William Faulkner and other Southern Renaissance writers.
BEFORE FAMEShe studied writing at the University of Chicago, but later returned to her native Kentucky.
PERSONAL LIFEBorn in Kentucky, she was the daughter of a Confederate veteran.
FUN FACTSNovelist Elizabeth Madox Roberts were born on Saturday, birthstone is Opal, the seaon was Fall in the Chinese year of , it is 295 days until Elizabeth Madox Roberts next birthday.
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Jan. 09 1951
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