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Doris Betts is an American novelist, short story writer, and professor emerita of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is best known for her short stories and novels about the South, which often focus on the struggles of women. Betts was born in Statesville, North Carolina, and grew up in a family of storytellers. She attended Duke University, where she earned a B.A. in English in 1953. She then earned an M.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1955. Betts began her writing career in the 1950s, publishing short stories in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly and Harper's. Her first novel, The Gentle Insurrection, was published in 1965. She has since published several novels and collections of short stories, including Beasts of the Southern Wild (1972), The Ugliest Pilgrim (1976), and Souls Raised from the Dead (1994). Betts has won numerous awards for her writing, including the O. Henry Award, the Lillian Smith Award, and the North Carolina Award for Literature. She was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 2009. Betts has also taught creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 1965. She retired from teaching in 2000, but continues to write and speak about literature. As of 2021, Doris Betts's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

Popular As Doris June Waugh
Occupation writer
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 4 June, 1932
Birthday 4 June
Birthplace Statesville, North Carolina, USA
Date of death 21 April, 2012
Died Place Pittsboro, North Carolina, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Doris Betts's Husband?

Her husband is Lowry M. Betts (5 July 1952 - 9 July 2007) ( his death) ( 3 children)

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Doris Betts Net Worth

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1980

In 1980 she was named a UNC Alumni Distinguished Professor of English.

1973

She received the Tanner Award for distinguished undergraduate teaching in 1973 and the Katherine Carmichael Teaching Award in 1980.

1966

After working as a newspaper reporter for a number of years, she joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966.

1954

She received the UNC Putnam Book Prize in 1954 for her first book, The Gentle Insurrection, three Sir Walter Raleigh Awards (1958, 1965, and 1973) for the best fiction books by a North Carolinian, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Writing (1958-1959), the North Carolina Award and Medal (1975), the Distinguished Service Award for Women (Chi Omega), and the John Dos Passos Award from Longwood College. She has also written articles for professional journals, lectured at writers' conferences, and delivered speeches on major college campuses.

1953

She won the Mademoiselle College Fiction contest during her sophomore year (1953) for the story "Mr. Shawn and Father Scott".

1950

In 1950 she graduated from Statesville High School, and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While an undergraduate student she married then law student Lowry Betts, who later became a district judge in Chatham and Orange Counties, North Carolina; they had three children.

1932

Doris June Betts (nee) Waugh was born in Statesville, North Carolina in 1932, the only child of Mary Ellen and William Elmore.