Close Range: Wyoming Stories

Close Range: Wyoming Stories is a 1999 collection of short stories written by E. Annie Proulx. The stories are set in the desolate landscape of rural Wyoming and detail the often grim lives of the protagonists. The best known story from the collection is Brokeback Mountain, which was previously published as a 64-page novella in 1998. The story was the basis for Ang Lee's 2005 film, Brokeback Mountain, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Th... More

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  • May 10, 1999

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E. Annie Proulx

Edna Annie Proulx ( /ˈpruː/; born August 22, 1935) is an American journalist and author. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx. Her second novel, The Shipping News (1993), won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S....

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Ambassador Book Award for Fiction Winners

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  • 2000

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Nominees

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