Properties (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Author
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| gptkbp:activeYears |
1988
Present |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
Feminism
LGBT literature Working-class literature Southern_literature |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Lambda_Literary_Award
Stonewall Book Award |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
April 2, 1949
|
| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Greenville,_South_Carolina,_USA
|
| gptkbp:child |
Tara_Allison
|
| gptkbp:contribution |
LGBTQ+ representation in literature
Advocacy for marginalized voices Exploration of trauma in literature |
| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Florida_State_University
|
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"I believe in the power of storytelling."
"The stories we tell are the stories we live." "I write to understand my life." "I want to write about the lives of people who are not often heard." "I am a writer, and I am a woman, and I am a lesbian." |
| gptkbp:gender |
Female
|
| gptkbp:genre |
Fiction
Memoir |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Dorothy Allison
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
Contemporary_American_literature
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston Toni Morrison |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
gptkb:Southern_Gothic_style
Autobiographical writing Exploration of class and gender |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
|
| gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:Cavedweller
Bastard Out of Carolina Two or Three Things I Know for Sure |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Activist
Writer |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:North_Carolina,_USA
gptkb:California,_USA |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Alison_Bechdel
|
| gptkbp:website |
http://www.dorothyallison.com
|