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'''Celestine Sibley''' (May 23, 1914 &ndash; August 15, 1999)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000090960&source=Bookmark&u=mlin_n_umass&jsid=e207acddea3b0636c644749c0fc8ba07|title = Contemporary Authoine|date = 2005|access-date = February 23, 2016|website = Biography in Context|publ/arts-culture/celestine-sibley-1914-1999 | title=Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=13 August 2013 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Purcell, Kim}}</ref><ref name="Remembering Celestine Sibley">{{cite news |last1=Brett |first1=Jennifer |title=Remembering Celestine Sibley |url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/remembering-celestine-sibley/6UalLNUHiy5usPiQZAlJKJ/ |access-date=23 April 2020 |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=May 9, 2014}}</ref> was a famous American [[newspaper reporter]], syndicated [[columnist]], and [[novelist]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], for nearly sixty years.
'''Celestine Sibley''' (May 23, 1914 &ndash; August 15, 1999)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000090960&source=Bookmark&u=mlin_n_umass&jsid=e207acddea3b0636c644749c0fc8ba07|title = Contemporary Authors Online|date = 2005|access-date = February 23, 2016|website = Biography in Context|publisher = Gale}}</ref><ref name="GeorgiaEncyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/celestine-sibley-1914-1999 | title=Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=13 August 2013 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Purcell, Kim}}</ref><ref name="Remembering Celestine Sibley">{{cite news |last1=Brett |first1=Jennifer |title=Remembering Celestine Sibley |url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/remembering-celestine-sibley/6UalLNUHiy5usPiQZAlJKJ/ |access-date=23 April 2020 |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=May 9, 2014}}</ref> was a famous American [[newspaper reporter]], syndicated [[columnist]], and [[novelist]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], for nearly sixty years.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Sibley was born in [[Holley, Florida]]. She graduated from high school in [[Mobile, Alabama]], and began her journalistic career writing for the ''[[Mobile Press-Register]]'' and the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="GeorgiaEncyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/celestine-sibley-1914-1999 | title=Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=13 August 2013 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Purcell, Kim}}</ref>
Sibley was born in [[Holley, Florida]]. She graduated from high school in [[Mobile, Alabama]], and began her journalistic career writing for the ''[[Mobile Press-Register]]'' and the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="GeorgiaEncyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/celestine-sibley-1914-1999 | title=Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=13 August 2013 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Purcell, Kim}}</ref>


Sibley gained fame as an award-winning reporter, editor, and beloved columnist for the ''[[Atlanta Constitution]]'' from 1941 to 1999. According to the ''New Georgia Encyclopedia'', "Sibley was one of the most popular and long-running columnists for the Constitution, and her well-written anessays on Southern culture made her an icon in the South."<ref name=":0" /><ref name="GeorgiaEncyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/celestine-sibley-1914-1999 | title=Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=13 August 2013 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Purcell, Kim}}</ref> In addition to her column, she covered Georgia politics along with many high-profile court cases. She also wrote 25 books, both nonfiction and fiction, including mystery novels.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="nyt_obit">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/17/us/celestine-sibley-is-dead-at-85-columnist-embodied-the-south.html | title=Celestine Sibley Is Dead at 85; Columnist Embodied the South | work=New York Times | date=August 17, 1999 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Barringer, Felicity}}</ref>
Sibley gained fame as an award-winning reporter, editor, and beloved columnist for the ''[[Atlanta Constitution]]'' from 1941 to 1999. According to the ''New Georgia Encyclopedia'', "Sibley was one of the most popular and long-running columnists for the Constitution, and her well-written and poignant essays on Southern culture made her an icon in the South."<ref name=":0" /><ref name="GeorgiaEncyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/celestine-sibley-1914-1999 | title=Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=13 August 2013 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Purcell, Kim}}</ref> In addition to her column, she covered Georgia politics along with many high-profile court cases. She also wrote 25 books, both nonfiction and fiction, including mystery novels.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="nyt_obit">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/17/us/celestine-sibley-is-dead-at-85-columnist-embodied-the-south.html | title=Celestine Sibley Is Dead at 85; Columnist Embodied the South | work=New York Times | date=August 17, 1999 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Barringer, Felicity}}</ref>


She covered the [[Georgia General Assembly]] as a reporter from 1958 to 1978.<ref name="GeorgiaEncyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/celestine-sibley-1914-1999 | title=Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=13 August 2013 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Purcell, Kim}}</ref> In 2000, after her death, the press gallery in the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] was named in her honor.<ref name="gmmmmmmmr | access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> She won the first [[Townsend Prize for Fiction]] in 1982 for her book ''Children, My Children''.<ref name="townsend">{{cite web | url=http://depts.gpc.edu/townsend/history.html | title=History of the Townsend Prize | publisher=Georgia Perimeter College | access-date=19 October 2015 | archive- hey girl url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213121017/http://depts.gpc.edu/townsend/history.html | archive-date=13 February 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> After an illness, Sibley died, age 85, at her beach house on [[Dog Island (Florida)|Dog Island, Florida]].<ref name="Remembering Celestine Sibley"/>
She covered the [[Georgia General Assembly]] as a reporter from 1958 to 1978.<ref name="GeorgiaEncyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/celestine-sibley-1914-1999 | title=Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=13 August 2013 | access-date=19 October 2015 | author=Purcell, Kim}}</ref> In 2000, after her death, the press gallery in the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] was named in her honor.<ref name="georgiaHR">{{cite web | url=http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19992000/leg/fulltext/lc84050.htm | title=HR 1184 - Sibley, Celestine; designate House press gallery in her honor | access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> She won the first [[Townsend Prize for Fiction]] in 1982 for her book ''Children, My Children''.<ref name="townsend">{{cite web | url=http://depts.gpc.edu/townsend/history.html | title=History of the Townsend Prize | publisher=Georgia Perimeter College | access-date=19 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213121017/http://depts.gpc.edu/townsend/history.html | archive-date=13 February 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> After an illness, Sibley died, age 85, at her beach house on [[Dog Island (Florida)|Dog Island, Florida]].<ref name="Remembering Celestine Sibley"/>


Sibley's granddaughter, Sibley Fleming, wrote a book about her grandmother, ''Celestine Sibley: A Granddaughter's Reminiscence'' (2000).
Sibley's granddaughter, Sibley Fleming, wrote a book about her grandmother, ''Celestine Sibley: A Granddaughter's Reminiscence'' (2000).

Revision as of 18:39, 18 April 2024

Celestine Sibley
Sibley c. 1955
Born(1914-05-23)May 23, 1914
Holley, Florida, U.S.
DiedAugust 15, 1999(1999-08-15) (aged 85)
Dog Island, Florida

Celestine Sibley (May 23, 1914 – August 15, 1999)[1][2][3] was a famous American newspaper reporter, syndicated columnist, and novelist in Atlanta, Georgia, for nearly sixty years.

Biography

Sibley was born in Holley, Florida. She graduated from high school in Mobile, Alabama, and began her journalistic career writing for the Mobile Press-Register and the Pensacola News Journal.[1][2]

Sibley gained fame as an award-winning reporter, editor, and beloved columnist for the Atlanta Constitution from 1941 to 1999. According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, "Sibley was one of the most popular and long-running columnists for the Constitution, and her well-written and poignant essays on Southern culture made her an icon in the South."[1][2] In addition to her column, she covered Georgia politics along with many high-profile court cases. She also wrote 25 books, both nonfiction and fiction, including mystery novels.[1][4]

She covered the Georgia General Assembly as a reporter from 1958 to 1978.[2] In 2000, after her death, the press gallery in the Georgia House of Representatives was named in her honor.[5] She won the first Townsend Prize for Fiction in 1982 for her book Children, My Children.[6] After an illness, Sibley died, age 85, at her beach house on Dog Island, Florida.[3]

Sibley's granddaughter, Sibley Fleming, wrote a book about her grandmother, Celestine Sibley: A Granddaughter's Reminiscence (2000).

Celestine Sibley and Sibley Fleming co-edited a collection of Sibley's writings, The Celestine Sibley Sampler: Writings & Photographs With Tributes to the Beloved Author and Journalist (1997).

Selected works

[1]

  • The Malignant Heart, Doubleday (New York City), 1957.
  • Peachtree Street, U.S.A.: An Affectionate Portrait of Atlanta, Doubleday, 1963; reprinted as Peachtree Street, U.S.A.: A Personal Look at Atlanta and Its History, Peachtree Publishers (Atlanta), 1994.
  • Christmas in Georgia, Doubleday, 1964.
  • A Place Called Sweet Apple, Doubleday, 1967.
  • Dear Store: An Affectionate Portrait of Rich's, Doubleday, 1967.
  • Especially at Christmas, Doubleday, 1969.
  • Mothers Are Always Special, Doubleday, 1970.
  • The Sweet Apple Gardening Book, Doubleday, 1972.
  • Day by Day with Celestine Sibley, Doubleday, 1975.
  • Small Blessings, Doubleday, 1977.
  • Jincey, Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1979.
  • The Magical Realm of Sallie Middleton, Oxmoor House (Birmingham, AL), 1980.
  • Children, My Children, Harper (New York City), 1981.
  • Young 'Uns: A Celebration, Harper, 1982.
  • For All Seasons, Peachtree Publishers, 1984.
  • Turned Funny: A Memoir, Harper, 1988.
  • Christmas in Georgia, Peachtree Publishers, 1985.
  • Tokens of Myself, Longstreet Press, 1990.

"Kate Mulcay" mystery novels

  • Ah, Sweet Mystery, HarperCollins (New York City), 1991.
  • Straight as an Arrow, HarperCollins, 1992.
  • Dire Happenings at Scratch Ankle, HarperCollins, 1993.
  • A Plague of Kinfolks, HarperCollins, 1995.
  • Spider in the Sink, HarperCollins, 1997.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2005. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Purcell, Kim (13 August 2013). "Celestine Sibley (1914-1999)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b Brett, Jennifer (May 9, 2014). "Remembering Celestine Sibley". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. ^ Barringer, Felicity (August 17, 1999). "Celestine Sibley Is Dead at 85; Columnist Embodied the South". New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  5. ^ "HR 1184 - Sibley, Celestine; designate House press gallery in her honor". Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  6. ^ "History of the Townsend Prize". Georgia Perimeter College. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  7. ^ Geiger, Walter (June 5, 2019). "Meltons inducted into Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame". The Herald-Gazette. Barnesville, Georgia. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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