Peter Taylor
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born
January 08, 1917
died
November 02, 1994
gender
male
place of birth
Trenton, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a U.S. author and writer. Considered to be one of the finest American short story writers, Taylor's fictional milieu is the urban South. His characters, usually middle or upper class people, often are living in a time of change and struggle to discover and define their roles in society.
Peter Taylor also wrote three novels, including A Summons to Memphis in 1986, for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and In the Tennessee Country in 1994. His collection The Old Forest and Other Stories (1985) won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Taylor taught literature and writing at Kenyon and the University of Virginia.
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A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.34 — 308 ratings — published 1986 8 editions |
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The Old Forest and Other Stories by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.83 — 65 ratings — published 1986 5 editions |
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The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor by Peter Taylor avg rating 4.08 — 39 ratings — published 1969 4 editions |
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A Woman of Means: A Novel by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.50 — 38 ratings — published 1950 3 editions |
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In the Tennessee Country: A Novel by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.81 — 27 ratings — published 1994 2 editions |
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In the Miro District and Other Stories by Peter Taylor avg rating 4.67 — 9 ratings — published 1977 3 editions |
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Behind The Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.50 — 10 ratings — published 1998 2 editions |
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Loyalists by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.50 — 8 ratings — published 1999 3 editions |
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Oracle at Stoneleigh Court by Peter Taylor avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 1993 2 editions |
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The Provos by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 1998 |
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