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| "The Ugliest Pilgrim" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Doris Betts | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Red Clay Reader |
| Media type | Short story |
| Publication date | 1969 |
"The Ugliest Pilgrim" is a southern gothic short story by American writer Doris Betts.
The story was first published in volume 6 of the Red Clay Reader, an annual magazine focusing on the work of southern authors and artists. [1] [2] It was collected in Betts's 1973 short story collection Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories, [3] which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
The story follows Violet Karl, a disfigured woman in her late twenties who travels by bus from her home in Spruce Pine, North Carolina to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the hopes of being healed by a televangelist.
The first adaption of "The Ugliest Pilgrim" was a 1981 film titled Violet . The short film was directed by Shelley Levinson and starring Didi Conn. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982. [4]
A musical adaption, also titled Violet, was made with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 and won the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical. [5]
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