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Taylor, Peter

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Taylor, Peter (Hillsman)

(born Jan. 8, 1917, Trenton, Tenn., U.S.—died Nov. 2, 1994, Charlottesville, Va.) U.S. short-story writer, novelist, and playwright. Taylor studied in the 1930s under several poets associated with the Southern literary renaissance. He taught at various schools, including the University of Virginia. He is best known for his short stories, which are usually set in contemporary Tennessee and which reveal conflicts between the old rural society and the industrialized “New South.” The novella A Woman of Means (1950) is perhaps his finest work; his later works include The Old Forest and Other Stories (1985) and A Summons to Memphis (1986, Pulitzer Prize).


Taylor, Peter (Hillsman) (1917–94) writer; born in Trenton, Tenn. He studied at Vanderbilt (1936–37), Southwestern (1937–38), and Kenyon (B.A. 1940). He served in the army (1941–45) and taught at the University of North Carolina (1946–67) and the University of Virginia (1967). He wrote novels and plays, but is best known for his short stories, as in The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor (1969). He was consistently praised for his mastery of the form and his use of Southern settings.


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He leaves his wife of 59 years, Irene (Dogul) Giarusso; three daughters: Sharon Dieter & her husband Fred of CT, Michelle Giarusso & her husband James Nielsen of Lyden, MA, & Marcia Attea & her husband Paul of Plymouth, MA; a brother, Carmello Giarusso of Barre; two sisters: Mary Ryder of Barre & Catherine Hubbard of Springfield; 8 grandchildren; Seth, Jennah, Courtney, Tyler, Danny, Andrew, Taylor, Peter and many nieces & nephews.
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