![]() In 1948, after her short story “The Lottery” was published in the New Yorker, Jackson gained critical and public acclaim. Forced to take a backseat role in the marriage, Jackson struggled with finding individual fulfillment. The two had a tumultuous marriage full of unapologetic adultery by Hyman. The family then finally moved to Bennington, Vermont where Stanley took a position there as a professor while Shirley stayed home with the children and wrote. After graduating, Shirley and her husband moved to New York City and had two of their four children. During her time at Syracuse University, she met and married Stanley Edgar Hyman, against the wishes of her family.ĭuring this time Jackson was also writing and publishing her work in campus magazines. Through her young adult life, Jackson developed into a strong-willed writer who marched to the beat of her own drum. ![]() ![]() She faced constant torment from her mother and grandmother, Geraldine for her appearance and unorthodox hobbies. The product of fairly affluent parents, Jackson and her brother were brought up in comfortability. Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1916, in San Francisco, California. ![]()
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