Ann Petry

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ann Petry
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Oct 12, 1908(1908-10-12)
Age	116
Date Of Death	1997-04-28
Birthplace	Old Saybrook
Country	United States
Birth City	Connecticut
Horoscope	Libra

Ann Petry Biography

Ann Petry is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on October 12, 1908 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States. A best-selling American author She gained notoriety for her novel The Street, which illuminates the struggles of the single black mother living in New York City. Her other novels are Country Place (1947) and The Narrows (1953).

Her non-fiction piece, Her non-fiction work, Harriet Tubman: Conductor On The Underground Railroad, was published in 1955. Conductor on the Underground Railroad, was published in the year 1955.

She as well as the two of her sisters were raised from Old Saybrook, Connecticut to Bertha and Peter Lane. The year 1938 was the time she was married to writer George Petry.

Ann Petry Net Worth

Ann Petry is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ann Petry 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was employed by her family’s pharmacy for several years. After the move from New York in the early 1940s, she started to write newspaper articles and short stories.

Hers was the very first female African American author to sell one million copies of her book.

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Facts & Trivia

Ann Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ann Petry celebrates birthday on October 12 of every year.

Why did Ann Petry leave New York?

Unlike many aspiring artists who move to New York, Ann (Lane) Petry did not come in search of celebrity or fame. She left her hometown of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, for Harlem in 1938 to join her new husband, George, to escape the expectations of her middle-class family, and to pursue her literary ambitions.

What did Ann Petry write about?

Ann Lane Petry was a Connecticut writer whose novel The Street was one of the first to address the experiences of black women in terms of race, class and gender. Her ground-breaking novel, published in 1946, was also the first book by an African-American woman to sell over 1 million copies.

What was Ann Petry trained as?

Like her father, Ann was trained as a pharmacist and practiced in the family’s drugstores in Old Saybrook. However, she always wanted to write. In 1938, she married George D. Petry of Louisiana and moved with him to Harlem, New York, where she began her career as a writer.

Where did Ann Petry begin her career as a writer?

She began her career as a journalist, writing for the Amsterdam News (1938–41) and the Peoples’ Voice of Harlem (1941–44), and then studied creative writing at Columbia University (1944–46).

Why is Ann Petry important?

Ann Petry (October 12, 1908 – April 28, 1997) was an American writer of novels, short stories, children’s books and journalism. Her 1946 debut novel The Street became the first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a million copies.