Anna Quindlen
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| Alma mater | Barnard College |
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| Website | https://annaquindlen.net |
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Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist.
Her New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. Quindlen began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for the New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times.[1] Her semi-autobiographical novel One True Thing (1994) served as the basis for the 1998 film starring Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger.
Life and career
Anna Quindlen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 8, 1952, the daughter of Prudence (née Pantano, 1928–1972) and Robert Quindlen.[2][3][4] Her father was Irish American and her mother was Italian American. Quindlen graduated in 1970 from South Brunswick High School in South Brunswick, New Jersey,[5] and then attended Barnard College, from which she graduated in 1974. She was married to New Jersey attorney Gerald Krovatin, whom she met while in college. Their sons Quindlen Krovatin and Christopher Krovatin are published authors, and daughter Maria is an actress, comedian and writer.[6][7][8]
She has written ten novels, several of which have been adapted into motion pictures. One True Thing was made into a feature film in 1998. It starred Meryl Streep, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the role.[9] Black and Blue and Blessings were made into television movies in 1999 and 2003, respectively.
One True Thing
In 1994, her semi-autobiographical novel, titled One True Thing, was published. The book focuses on the relationship between a young woman and her mother, who is dying from cancer. Quindlen's own mother, Prudence Quindlen, died in 1972 while in her 40s from ovarian cancer. At the time Quindlen was a college student, but came home to take care of her mother.[10]
In 1998, a film of the same name was released. The movie starred Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger as Kate and Ellen Gulden, fictionalized versions of Prudence and Anna Quindlen.[11] Streep was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.[9]
Criticism
Writing in The New Republic, critic Lee Siegel cited Quindlen as an example of the "monsters of empathy" who "self subjugate and domesticate and assimilate every distant tragedy." He coined the term "The Quindlen Effect" to describe this phenomenon and suggested that it began with her Times column of December 13, 1992, in which Quindlen assailed the four alleged perpetrators of the Glen Ridge rape. "True to her niche," Siegel wrote, "Quindlen attacked with scathing indignation actions that no sane Times reader would ever defend."[12] Siegel also referred to Barbara Kingsolver in the same essay, along with Quindlen, derisively as "Nice Queens".
In 1999, Villanova University invited Anna Quindlen to deliver the annual commencement address. But once the announcement was made, a group of anti-abortion students planned a protest against Quindlen's positions on reproductive rights, and she withdrew as speaker.[13] The following year, however, she spoke at Villanova's graduation.[14]
Works
Nonfiction
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| video icon Booknotes interview with Quindlen on Thinking Out Loud, May 16, 1993, C-SPAN[15] |
- A Quilt of a Country* (2001)
- Living Out Loud (1988)
- Thinking Out Loud (1994)
- How Reading Changed My Life (1998)
- Homeless (1998)
- A Short Guide to a Happy Life (2000) Template:ISBN from part of a cancelled commencement address that was to be given at Villanova
- Loud and Clear (2004)
- Imagined London (2004)
- Being Perfect (2005)
- Good Dog. Stay. (2007)
- Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake (2012)[16][17]
- Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting (2019)
- Write for Your Life (2022)
Novels
- Object Lessons (1991)
- One True Thing (1994)
- Black and Blue (1998)
- Blessings (2002)
- Rise and Shine (2006)
- Every Last One: A Novel (2010)[18]
- Still Life with Bread Crumbs (2013)
- Miller's Valley (2016)
- Alternate Side (2018)[19][20]
- After Annie (2024)[21][22]
- More Than Enough (2026)
Children's books
- The Tree That Came To Stay (Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter) (1992)[23]
- Happily Ever After (Illustrated by James Stevenson) (1997)
New table pictorials
- Naked Babies (Photographs by Nick Kelsh) (1996)
- Siblings (Photographs by Nick Kelsh) (1998)
Awards
Industry awards
- 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
- 2001 Mothers At Home Media Award
- 2001 Clarion Award for Best Regular Opinion Column in a magazine
- 2002 Clarion Award for Best Opinion Column from the Association for Women in Communications
Honorary degrees
- Colby College
- Dartmouth College
- Denison University
- Grinnell College, May 2011
- Hamilton College, May 2006
- Kenyon College, May 2008
- Moravian College
- Mount Holyoke College
- Nantucket High School
- Pennsylvania State University
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Smith College
- Springfield College, May 2018
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Villanova University
- Washington University in St. Louis[24]
- Wesleyan University[25]
Other awards from universities
- University Medal of Excellence from Columbia
- Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale
- Victoria Fellow in Contemporary Issues at Rutgers
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Honorary Doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University (Aug.18 2007)
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Washington University in St. Louis. (May. 19 2017)[26]
Other awards
- 2006 Amelia Earhart Award from Crittenton Women's Union
- 2016 inductee into the New Jersey Hall of Fame
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Authors: Anna Quindlen". Newsweek. Archived from the original on January 20, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Anna Quindlen – Historical Records". MyHeritage. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Krovatin, Quindlen (May 11, 2012). "Anna Quindlen talks about her new memoir 'Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake'". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
I'd done the research that showed that in the year I was born, 1952, average life expectancy was 68.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kalet, Hank (June 21, 2001). "From South Brunswick High School to a Pulitzer Prize: Nationally renowned writer, journalist has local roots". South Brunswick Post. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Weddings/Celebrations: Lynn Feng and Quindlen Krovatin". The New York Times. June 15, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Neyfakh, Leon (July 7, 2009). "Chris Krovatin, Anna Quindlen's Metalhead Son, Sells Novel to Broadway". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lane, Tahree (May 5, 2013). "On The Beauty of Aging, Quindlen: 'It can be so glorious'". The Blade (Toledo). Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Waxman, Sharon (March 21, 1999). "WashingtonPost.com: Academy Awards 1999". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Her Own True Thing". People. October 17, 1994. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ONE TRUE THING (1998) A". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sweet And Low". The New Republic. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Eshleman, Russell E. Jr. (May 11, 1999). "Anna Quindlen Withdraws As Villanova Graduation Speaker". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova". www.cs.oswego.edu. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Thinking Out Loud". C-SPAN. May 16, 1993. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ^ Plenty of Cake review Script error: No such module "webarchive". New York Journal of Books
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Anna Quindlen: Over 50, And Having 'Plenty Of Cake'". National Public Radio. April 24, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ciabattari, Jane (April 21, 2010). "Suburbia Interrupted In Anna Quindlen's New Novel". National Public Radio.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rhule, Patty. "Anna Quindlen's charged new novel 'Alternate Side' erupts over NYC 'parking rage'". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Corbett, Sue (April 3, 2018). "Real Estate, Parking and Violence: A Novel of New York". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Newman, Catherine (February 23, 2024). "Anna Quindlen Is Back, With Four Seasons of Loss and Survival". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Szewczyk |, Elaine. "Anna Quindlen Wants You to Get a Good Life". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.THE TREE THAT CAME TO STAY | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ Announced by WUSTL Chancellor April 4, 2017
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Quindlen P'07, Premji P'99, Masselli, Alexander '88, to Receive Honorary Degrees". News @ Wesleyan. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Anna Quindlen". Commencement Archive 2014-2019. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
External links
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- Anna Quindlen at Random House
- Anna Quindlen at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Anna Quindlen's columns for Newsweek
- Anna Quindlen talks about her novel Rise and Shine video
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Interview on NPR in April 2012
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