Ellen Glasgow

1873–1945 (age 72)

Novelist

Biography

Ellen Glasgow, born in 1873, became a novelist whose keen portraits of Southern life earned her the Pulitzer Prize and a place among America’s most thoughtful writers. Her novels explored the hopes and struggles of ordinary people with honesty and grace.

Hollywood Cemetery rests as a testament to her enduring voice, where readers can reflect on the courage she brought to storytelling.

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