Dorothy Allison
From QueerBio.com
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1949 - 2024
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
Lambda Literary Award
Description
Multiple Lambda Literary Award winner. Member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Writing includes themes of class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. Notable books include 'Bastard Out of Carolina' (1992), 'Cavedweller' (1998, Lambda Literary Award), 'Trash' (1989, Lambda Literary Award), and 'Cavedweller' (1998, Lambda Literary Award). LGBTQ activist.
Further Reading/Research
- http://www.dorothyallison.net/
- http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/17/magazine/the-roseanne-of-literature.html?pagewanted=all
- http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/dorothy-allison/
- http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/apr/27/dorothy-allisons-life-informs-her-art/
- https://www.advocate.com/news/dorothy-allison-lesbian-author-obituary
