Person Detail: Ann Petry

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Full Name: Ann Petry | ||
Biography: (1908-1997) Fiction writer, children's book author. Ann Petry was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and lived in Harlem, New York. Petry was the first black woman to sell over a million copies with "The Street" (1946). |
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1938 |
New York County Petry moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York. |
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1908 |
(Unknown) County Ann Lane was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 1908. She married George Petry in 1938. |
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1997 |
(Unknown) County Ann Petry died in Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 1997. |
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1946 |
(Unknown) County The Street (Pub: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: ) Petry was the first black woman to sell over a million copies with "The Street" (1946). |
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1947 |
(Unknown) County Country Place Novel. |
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1953 |
(Unknown) County The Narrows Novel. |
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1971 |
(Unknown) County Miss Muriel and Other Stories Short story collection. |
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1970 |
(Unknown) County Legends of the Saints Short story collection. |
