Donna Tartt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Donna Tartt
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Dec 23, 1963(1963-12-23)
Age	61
Birthplace	Greenwood
Country	United States
Birth City	Mississippi
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Donna Tartt Biography

Donna Tartt is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on December 23, 1963 in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States. A American fiction writer, she is most well recognized for her novels, including The Secret History (1992) and The Little Friend (2002). She was the 2003 winner of the W.H. Smith Literary Award.

She was introduced to She met Bret Easton Ellis in college; the two were romantically involved for a time. in college. The two were romantically linked for a while.

She enrolled in the University of Mississippi in 1981, where her writing caught the attention of Willie Morris while she was still a freshman. Following a recommendation from Morris, Barry Hannah, then an Ole Miss writer- in-residence, admitted the eighteen-year-old Tartt into his graduate course on the short story. “She was deeply literary,” said Hannah. “Just a rare genius, really. A literary star.”

Following the suggestion of Morris and others, she transferred to Bennington College in 1982. At Bennington she studied classics with Claude Fredericks.

She was born and raised at Grenada, Mississippi.

Donna Tartt Net Worth

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

She was a writer in the English department at Bennington College and published her debut novel, The Secret History, in the year 1992.

She published her first poem in the Mississippi literary journal at the age of thirteen.

Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963) is an American writer, the author of the novels The Secret History (1992), The Little Friend (2002), and The Goldfinch (2013). Tartt won the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend in 2003 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Goldfinch in 2014. She was included in Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” list, compiled in 2014.

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Donna Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Donna Tartt celebrates birthday on December 23 of every year.

Top Facts about Donna Tartt

1. Donna Tartt is an American novelist and writer.
2. She was born on December 23, 1963 in Greenwood, Mississippi.
3. Her debut novel “The Secret History” was published in 1992.
4. Tartt won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014 for her novel “The Goldfinch”.
5. She attended Bennington College in Vermont where she studied classics.
6. Tartt has written three novels: “The Secret History”, “The Little Friend”, and “The Goldfinch”.
7. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages.
8. Tartt is known for her intricate plots and vivid characters.
9. She is a private person who rarely gives interviews or public appearances.
10. Tartt has been compared to other literary giants such as J.D Salinger and Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Is Donna Tartt writing a new book 2020?

Her new book, The Goldfinch , is her most ambitious undertaking. “The process was different in that it was three places—Park Avenue, Las Vegas, and Amsterdam—that dictated the story, and it takes place over a much longer span of time,” Tartt says.

How long did Donna Tartt take to write The Goldfinch?

The book, which took more than 10 years to write, is narrated by Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New York boy whose world is violently disrupted during a routine visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his much-adored mother.

What is Donna Tartt's writing style?

Tartt displays two writing styles in The Goldfinch: the usual poetic style for which she’s known; and a more informal, fluid internal narration. During the more poetic scenes, Tartt writes like Andrei Tarkovsky directs: scenes are long and slow, as if captured with deep static shots, and time squirms by.

What should I read if I like Donna Tartt?

• Michael Chabon. Novelist, screenwriter, columnist and short story writer Michael Chabon was born May 24, 1963 in Washington, DC. …
• Laura Cumming. Laura Cumming has been the art critic of the Observer since 1999.

What is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt about?

The novel is a coming-of-age tale told in the first person. The protagonist, 13-year-old Theodore Decker, survives a terrorist bombing at an art museum where his mother is killed. While staggering through the debris, he takes with him a small Dutch Golden Age painting called The Goldfinch.