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Plains Song: For Female Voices by Wright Morris — book cover

Plains Song: For Female Voices

by Wright Morris

National Book · 1981 · Winner

Award History

AwardYearStatus
National Book Award for Fiction1981Winner

About the Author

Wright Marion Morris (1910–1998) was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist renowned for his portrayals of Great Plains people and landscapes. Born in Central City, Nebraska, he experimented with narrative forms and photo-texts, winning National Book Awards for The Field of Vision (1956) and Plains Song (1980). He taught at San Francisco State University and received multiple Guggenheim Fellowships.

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