University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections

Charles Frazier
(b. 1950)

Southern Appalachian Writers Collection

M2005.05.02-08



 

 

 

 

Title Charles Frazier
Creator Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/frazier_charles/frazier_charles .htm
Subject Keyword Charles Frazier ; Southern Appalachian Writers ; Appalachia
Subject LCSH Frazier, Charles, 1950 -
American literature -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History and criticism
American literature -- Appalachian Mountains -- History and criticism
Appalachians (People) in literature
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Description and travel
Description The collection contains interviews with the writer and a signed broadside featuring excerpted work.  These materials were gathered as part of an exhibition of Southern Appalachian Writers held at UNCA in the early 1980's and sponsored by D. H. Ramsey Library and the Southern Highlands Research Center.
Publisher D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor  
Date 2005-08-23
Type Collection ; text ; broadside
Format 1 folder ; text ; image
Source M2005.05.02-8
Language English
Relation The Heritage of Western North Carolina, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 
Coverage 1800's - present ; North Carolina ;
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.  Some materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff.
Donor 240
Acquisition  2004-03-
Citation Charles Frazier in Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff,  2005
Last update 2008-09-08
Statement on writing  
Biography

A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Charles Frazier attained his B.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill, is M.A. from Appalachian State University, and his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina.  With the titles of teacher, travel writer, and business writer under his belt, Frazier eventually took up fiction full time and in 1997 published his first novel, Cold Mountain, which won the National Book Award upon its release.  Cold Mountain was followed by Thirteen Moons in 2006.

Bibliography BOOKS BY

1997

Cold Mountain.  New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.

2006

Thirteen Moons.  New York: Random House, 2006.