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Ellen Douglas (Josephine Ayres Haxton) was born on 12 July, 1921 in Natchez, Mississippi, is an American novelist. Discover Ellen Douglas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Josephine Ayres Haxton
Occupation N/A
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 12 July 1921
Birthday 12 July
Birthplace Natchez, Mississippi
Date of death 7 November, 2012
Died Place N/A
Nationality United States

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Children Ayres Haxton, Brooks Haxton, Richard Haxton

Ellen Douglas Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ellen Douglas worth at the age of 91 years old? Ellen Douglas’s income source is mostly from being a successful novelist. She is from United States. We have estimated Ellen Douglas's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1921

Ellen Douglas was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton (July 12, 1921 – November 7, 2012), an American author.

1942

She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1942 and later settled in Greenville, Mississippi with her husband Kenneth Haxton.

She had three sons with Haxton: Richard, Ayres, and Brooks Haxton, the latter a notable, award-winning poet and writer.

1973

Her 1973 novel Apostles of Light was a National Book Award nominee.

Douglas was born in Natchez, Mississippi, and grew up in Hope, Arkansas, and Alexandria, Louisiana.

1979

Douglas taught writing at Ole' Miss, where she was writer-in-residence from 1979 to 1983.

One of her creative writing students was Larry Brown, a local Oxford firefighter who went on to publish many acclaimed works of fiction.

She adopted the pen name Ellen Douglas before the publication of A Family’s Affairs to protect the privacy of two aunts, on whose lives she had based much of the plot.

2012

Douglas died of heart failure at the age of 91 on November 7, 2012.

Margalit Fox writes that Douglas's work "explored the epochal divide between the Old South and the New, examining vast, difficult subjects — race relations, tensions between the sexes, the conflict between the needs of the individual and those of the community — through the small, clear prism of domestic life."

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