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Harriette Simpson Arnow
Born in Wayne County, Kentucky on July 7, 1908, Arnow lived on a
farm near Ann Arbor, Michigan for most of her life. Arnow attended
Berea College for two years (1926-1928) before completing her degree
in sciences at the University of Louisville (1930). She then taught
school in both Louisville and in Pulaski County, Kentucky before
moving to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1934 in order to concentrate on her
writing.
Supporting herself at various times as a waitress, a library clerk,
and as an assistant for the Federal Writers' Project, Arnow
produced several essays and her first novel, Mountain Path,
which she published as Harriette Simpson in 1936. In 1939, she
married Harold Arnow; they purchased a farm in the Daniel Boone
Forest where they lived as writers and farmers.
By 1944, the Arnows had moved to Michigan where Harold was a
reporter for The Detroit News. In 1949 Hunter's Horn was
published, followed by The Dollmaker (1954), Seed Time on
the Cumberland (1960), Flowering of the Cumberland
(1963), The Weedkiller's Daughter (1970), The Kentucky
Trace (1974), and Old Burnside (1977).
Arnow also published numerous articles and pamphlets and was an
active instructor in the Appalachian Writers Workshop held annually
at the Hindman Settlement School. Arnow died on March 21, 1986 and
was buried at her farm at Keno in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
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Awards won by Harriette Simpson Arnow:
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| 2000 Independent Publishers Association
General Fiction Book of the
Year
(for Between The Flowers)
| | 2005 ForeWord Magazine Award - Short Stories
ForeWord Magazine's
2005 Gold Medal Award for
Short Stories was given to
this collection of 25 short
stories, of which 15 were
previously unpublished.
(for Collected Short Stories of Harriette Simpson Arnow, The)
| | 2000 Read Michigan Selection
READ MICHIGAN, a list of
recommended books about
Michigan or by Michigan
authors, was established in
1991 in cooperation with the
Great Lakes Booksellers
Association and the
Historical Society of
Michigan. The 2000 list:
BETWEEN THE FLOWERS, by
Harriette Simpson Arnow
(published posthumously), a
1983 inductee into the
Michigan Women's Hall of
Fame. This novel has appeal
similar to her moving book,
THE DOLLMAKER, based in
wartime Detroit and
celebrating strong women
surviving hard life.
(for Between The Flowers)
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