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| 1908 | Friendship Village. Gale follows her first novel, Romance Island (1906), with her first story collection, largely nostalgic reflections of her own small-town upbringing in Wisconsin. Other collections in the local-color tradition were Yellow Gentians and Blue (1927) and Bridal Pond (1930). |
| 1918 | Birth. Gale's novel is a character study of repression in a small Wisconsin town, portrayed with a grim realism that rivals that of Anderson and Lewis. |
| 1920 | Miss Lulu Bett. Gale's dramatization of her novel (also in 1920) about a spinster's exploitation by her relatives wins a Pulitzer Prize and is praised for its knowing look at Midwestern life. In the novel, Lulu is liberated but faces an uncertain future; in the play she becomes happily married. |
| 1923 | Faint Perfume. The writer continues her realistic documentation of shallow middle-class American life in a depiction of the petty Crumb family. |
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| Born: | August 26 1874 Portage, Wisconsin |
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| Died: | December 27 1938 (aged 64) |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | American |
Zona Gale (August 26 1874 – December 27 1938) was an American writer. Born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing, she attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Later she entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years later a Master's degree.
After graduation, Gale wrote for newspapers in Milwaukee and New York City. However, before long she gave up journalism to focus on fiction writing. She then published her first novel, Romance Island (1906), and began the very popular series of "Friendship Village" stories.
In 1912, Gale moved back to Portage, which she would call home for the rest of her life, although alternating with trips to New York. In 1920, she published the novel Miss Lulu Bett, which depicts life in the Midwestern United States. She adapted it as a play, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. In the same year, Gale took an active role in the creation of the Wisconsin Equal Rights Law, which prohibits discrimination against women.
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