At age five, she wrote her first poem, and she first saw publication in a Mississippi literary review at age 13. [11], Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence for Fiction, "Donna Tartts Long Awaited Third Novel Will Be Published This Year", "Interview: Barry Hannah, The Art of Fiction", "Interview: The very, very private life of Ms Donna Tartt", "Announcing the National Book Critics Awards Finalists for Publishing Year 2013", "Donna Tartt Heads Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 Shortlist", "The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown)", "Donna Tartt: The World's 100 Most Influential People", "Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction | Awards & Grants", "Vanity Fair's best-dressed list: Donna Tartt's life-long style", "Donna Tartt: "Renzi? Following the suggestion of Morris and others, she transferred to Bennington College in 1982. Required fields are marked *. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Donna Tartt is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her first two novels, The Secret History and The Little Friend, which have been translated into thirty languages. "Sleepytown: A Southern Gothic Childhood, with Codeine". Her novel The Goldfinch won the Pulitzer Prize in 2014. As the protagonist of this sad and sorrowful tale, Harriet is an old soul. Born: 23-Dec-1963Birthplace: Greenwood, MS, Gender: FemaleRace or Ethnicity: WhiteOccupation: Novelist, Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: The Secret History, Father: Don TarttMother: TaylorSister: (one sister), University: University of Mississippi (transferred) University: BA, Bennington College (1986), Dean for America Obama for America Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, Author of books: This page was last edited on 11 September 2020, at 03:00. Twelve years later Robin’s murder is still unsolved and his family remains devastated. The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother’s Day a little boy named Robin Cleve Dufresnes was found hanging from a tree in his parents’ yard. [6] In 2002, Tartt was reportedly working on a retelling of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus for the Canongate Myth Series, a series of novellas in which ancient myths are reimagined and rewritten by contemporary authors. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. At age thirteen, Tartt was published for the first time when a sonnet was included in a Mississippi literary review. [9] However, Tartt also warned of the danger of writers who impose their beliefs or convictions on their novels. Your email address will not be published. "Just a rare genius, really. "She was deeply literary," said Hannah. Her days are spent writing. Intelligent, indomitable, opinionated, quick and very well-read, the long, hot summer ahead without the constraints of either school or parental supervision school provide a fertile ground in which Harriet and her devoted schoolfriend, Hely, set out to find Robin’s killer. Her father, Don Tartt, was a successful local politician, while her mother, Taylor, was a secretary. Tartt, Donna (2000).