Diane Oliver

Diane Oliver (1943-1966) published four short stories in her lifetime and two more posthumously in The Sewanee Review , Negro Digest , and Southern Writing . Her short story "Neighbors" was a recipient of an O. Henry Award in 1967. She began graduate work at the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop and was awarded the MFA degree posthumously days after her death, at the age of 22, in a motorcycle accident in 1966.

Diane Oliver (1943-1966) published four short stories in her lifetime and two more posthumously in The Sewanee Review , Negro Digest , and Southern Writing . Her short story "Neighbors" was a recipient of an O. Henry Award in 1967. She began graduate work at the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop and was awarded the MFA degree posthumously days after her death, at the age of 22, in a motorcycle accident in 1966. See less