Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1916, Dec. 14 | Born, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1934-1936 | Attended University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. |
| 1940 | A.B., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. Married Stanley Edgar Hyman |
| 1943 | Published "After You, My Dear Alphonse," first of many stories for the New Yorker |
| 1944 | "Come Dance With Me in Ireland" selected for Best Short Stories, 1944 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 468 pp.) |
| 1945 | Substitute instructor, Bennington College, Bennington, Vt. |
| 1948 | Published "The Lottery," New Yorker, 26 June, her most famous short story Published The Road Through the Wall (New York: Farrar, Straus. 271 pp.) |
| 1949 | "The Lottery" selected for the O. Henry Awards and published in Prize Stories of 1949 (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. 323 pp.) Published The Lottery; or, the Adventures of James Harris (New York: Farrar, Straus. 306 pp.) |
| 1951 | "The Summer People" selected for Best American Short Stories, 1951 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 368 pp.) Published Hangsaman (New York: Farrar, Straus and Young. 280 pp.) |
| 1953 | Stage adaptation of "The Lottery" Published Life Among the Savages (New York: Farrar, Straus and Young. 241 pp.) |
| 1954 | Published The Bird's Nest (New York: Farrar, Straus and Young. 276 pp.) |
| 1956 | Film adaptation of The Bird's Nest, released as Lizzie "One Ordinary Day With Peanuts" selected for Best American Short Stories, 1956 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 368 pp.) Published The Witchcraft of Salem Village (New York: Random House. 176 pp.) |
| 1957 | Published Raising Demons (New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. 310 pp.) |
| 1958 | Lecturer, Suffield Writer's Conference, Suffield, Conn. Published the play, The Bad Children (Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Co. 36 pp.) Published The Sundial(New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. 245 pp.) |
| 1959 | Published The Haunting of Hill House (New York: Viking Press. 246 pp.) |
| 1960 | Published Special Delivery (Boston: Little, Brown. 175 pp.) |
| 1961 | Nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best short story, "Louisa, Please" |
| 1962 | Published We Have Always Lived in the Castle (New York: Viking Press. 214 pp.) |
| 1963 | Film adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, released as The Haunting Published Nine Magic Wishes (New York: Crowell-Collier Press. 45 pp.) |
| 1964 | Teacher, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. "Birthday Party" selected for Best American Short Stories, 1964 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 360 pp.) |
| 1965 | Awarded the Arents Pioneer Medal for Outstanding Achievement |
| 1965, Aug. 8 | Died, North Bennington, Vt. |
| 1966 | Awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best short story, "The Possibility of Evil" Published (posthumously) Famous Sally (New York: Harlin Quist; distributed by Crown Publishers. 46 pp.) |
| 1968 | Published (posthumously) Come Along With Me(New York: Viking Press. 243 pp.) |