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Maurine Whipple

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Maurine Whipple won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Prize for 1938 to help her complete her novel The Giant Joshua, which appeared in 1941. She is from St. George, Utah, the setting of her novel, considered one of the most important Mormon works of fiction for its vivid portrayal of pioneer and polygamous life. A writer and lecturer, Whipple also wrote This is the Place: Utah (Knopf, 1945) and published articles in Collier's, the Saturday Evening Post, Look, Life, Time, Pageant, and numerous other journals and periodicals.
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Oldest daughter of Charles & Anni Lenzi McAllister Whipple.
1903-01-20
St. George, Utah
1992-03
Graduated with honors from the University of Utah in 1926.
Taught high school at various locations in Utah and Idaho.
"I've had to send brothers through school, keep my brother-in-law in the hospital, help clothe their kids, help build their house, buy medicines for my mother, etc. Not that I'm complaining ... to me a family is important - more important than I'll ever be."
Female
Author, Interviewee
English
Houghton Mifflin Literary Prize in 1938

8 Works by Maurine Whipple

Title Role Year Genre
The Giant Joshua Author 1941 Fiction
Maurine Whipple's Story of The Giant Joshua Interviewee Interview / Panel
A Dress for Christmas or Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor Author Short Story
They Did Go Forth Author Short Story
A Craving for Beauty Author 2020 Fiction
Confessions of a She-Devil Author 2020 Personal Essay
When I Get Big Author 2020 Personal Essay
Personal Sketch Author 2020 Personal Essay
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