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- Ellen Glasgow - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
(1873-1945). Fine characterization, keen wit, and clear, forceful language typify the writing of U.S. novelist Ellen Glasgow. She was born on April 22, 1873, in Richmond, Va. She published her first novel, The Descendant, in 1897. Raised in a prominent Southern family, Glasgow often wrote about Virginian high society. Other novels include The Voice of the People (1900), The Romance of a Plain Man (1909), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), and The Sheltered Life (1932). Her last novel, In This Our Life, was awarded the Pulitzer prize in 1942. She died in Richmond on Nov. 21, 1945. The Woman Within, her autobiography, was published posthumously in 1954.