Charlotte Painter
Encyclopedia
Charlotte Painter is an American
novelist and writer, best known for her nonfiction photo essay Gifts of Age, which profiles notable older women, including Julia Child
.
Painter published her first short story in the New Yorker in 1955. Her first novel, The Fortunes of Laurie Breaux (1961) won her a Wallace Stegner
Fellowship
in 1962. She earned her Masters in English from Stanford in 1966, and taught there until 1969. She has taught creative writing at the University of California at Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Santa Cruz as well as at San Francisco State University
.
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novelist and writer, best known for her nonfiction photo essay Gifts of Age, which profiles notable older women, including Julia Child
Julia Child
Julia Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for introducing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which...
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Painter published her first short story in the New Yorker in 1955. Her first novel, The Fortunes of Laurie Breaux (1961) won her a Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers"...
Fellowship
Stegner Fellowship
The Stegner Fellowship program is a two-year creative writing fellowship at Stanford University. The award is named after American Wallace Stegner , an historian, novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and Stanford faculty member who founded the university's creative writing program. Ten...
in 1962. She earned her Masters in English from Stanford in 1966, and taught there until 1969. She has taught creative writing at the University of California at Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Santa Cruz as well as at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
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Partial bibliography
- The Fortunes of Laurie Breaux (1961)
- Who Made the Lamb? (1965)
- Confessions from the The Malaga Madhouse (1971)
- Revelations: Diaries of Women (Vintage BooksVintage BooksVintage Books is a publishing imprint founded in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf. Its publishing list includes world literature, fiction, and non-fiction...
, 1975) ISBN 0394711513 - Seeing Things (1976)
- Gifts of Age: 32 Remarkable Women (Chronicle BooksChronicle BooksChronicle Books is a San Francisco-based American publisher of books for adults and children.The company was established in 1968 by Phelps Dewey, an executive with Chronicle Publishing Company, then-publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1999 it was bought by Nion McEvoy, great-grandson of...
, 1985) ISBN 978-0877013686 - Conjuring Tibet (Mercury HouseMercury HouseMercury House may refer to:* Mercury House , a book publishing company based in San Francisco* Mercury House , a building in London, headquarters of Cable and Wireless....
, 1997) ISBN 1-56279-095-1