Jane Hamilton

Hamilton, Jane

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Jane Hamilton was raised in Oak Park, Illinois, the youngest of five children. In 1979 she received a degree in English from Carleton College. In 1983, her first published short stories were published in Harper's Magazine in 1983. In 1988, her first novel, The Book of Ruth, was published. It won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award, and the Wisconsin Library Association Banta Book Award in 1989, and was an Oprah's Book Club selection in 1996. In her second novel, A Map of the World, was published, followed by The Short History of a Prince in 1998. The Short History of a Prince was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998 and was shortlisted for the 1999 Orange Prize. She currently lives in Rochester, Wisconsin.

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The excellent Lombards
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Un acte de désobéissance
Representative edition published 2012
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Laura Rider's masterpiece
Representative edition published 2009
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When Madeline Was Young
Representative edition published 2007
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When Madeline Was Young
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Disobedience
Representative edition published 2002
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Disobedience
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La brève histoire d'un prince
Representative edition published 2001
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Disobedience
Representative edition published 2001
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Die kurze Geschichte eines Prinzen
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Disobedience
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The Short History of a Prince
Representative edition published 1999
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A Map of the World
Representative edition published 1999
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La carte du monde
Representative edition published 1999
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May the Best Man Win
Representative edition published 1993
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The Frogs Are Still Singing
Representative edition published 1990
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The Book of Ruth
Representative edition published 1988
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The Guardian
Representative edition published 1994
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