- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Olive Ann Burns (1924-1990)
- Creator:
- Purcell, Kim
- Date of Original:
- 2005-12-03
- Subject:
- Journalists--Georgia
Women journalists--Georgia
Burns, Olive Ann
Novelists, American--Georgia
Women novelists, American--Georgia
Authors, American--Georgia
Women authors, American--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Olive Ann Burns. Olive Ann Burns was a professional writer, journalist, and columnist for most of her life. She published two novels, one posthumously, and for many years was a staff writer for Atlanta newspapers and the Atlanta Journal Magazine. Her most notable achievement was Cold Sassy Tree, a novel that describes rural southern life and a young boy's coming-of-age at the turn of the century.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/olive-ann-burns-1924-1990/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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