Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996
Variant namesEleanor Clark (1913-1996), author of novels and non-fiction works, as well as short fiction, essays, poems, and plays. Novels include Bitter Box (1946), Baldur's Gate (1970), Gloria Mundi (1979), and Camping Out (1986). Non-fiction works include the travel narratives Rome and a Villa (1952), Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964), and Tamrart: 13 Days in the Sahara (1985), and the memoir Eyes, Etc. (1977).
From the description of Eleanor Clark papers, 1876-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138637
Eleanor Clark was the author of critically acclaimed novels and non-fictional works from the mid 1940s to mid 1980s, as well as short fiction, essays, poems, and plays. Novels included Bitter Box (1946), Baldur's Gate (1970), Gloria Mundi (1979), and Camping Out (1986). Non-fictional works included the travel narratives Rome and a Villa (1952) and Oysters of Locmariaquer (1965), which won the National Book Award, and the memoir Eyes, Etc. (1977).
Eleanor Clark was born July 6, 1913, in Los Angeles, California, raised in Roxbury, Connecticut, and educated at Vassar. She worked as a freelance writer, editor, and translator in the mid 1930s and as an editor for W.W. Norton & Company in New York from 1936 to 1939. Clark married Robert Penn Warren on December 7, 1952.
Summary information on Eleanor Clark is available in the standard print and online biographical resources.
From the guide to the Eleanor Clark papers, 1881-1993, 1933-1986, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
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| creatorOf | Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Papers. | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Clark, Eleanor. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, [between 1954 and 1963]. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| referencedIn | Elizabeth Bishop Papers | Vassar College | |
| creatorOf | Eleanor Clark letters with the Italian Historical Society of America, 1932-1933 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Muriel Rukeyser collection of papers, 1920-1976, 1931-1976 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | Wright, Stuart. Stuart Wright Collection, 1896-1988. | Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library | |
| referencedIn | New Directions Publishing records | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Eleanor Clark papers, 1881-1993, 1933-1986 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Harry Levin papers | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Woolmer, J. Howard. J. Howard Woolmer papers relating to Robert Penn Warren and Eleanor Clark, 1979-1990. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Social work archives oral history collection, 1970-1998. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| creatorOf | Tomes, Margot. Rome and a villa : production material. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
| referencedIn | Lockwood, Helen Drusilla, ca. 1891-1971. Helen Drusilla Lockwood papers, 1883-1971. | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Horace Gregory Papers, 1920-1973 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| creatorOf | CLARK, ELEANOR. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) | |
| referencedIn | Matthew Josephson papers | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Robert Penn Warren and William Meredith Correspondence, 1962-1980. | Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library | |
| referencedIn | Stanford, Donald E. (Donald Elwin), 1913-1998. Donald E. Stanford papers, 1933-1985. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Ellison, Ralph. Letter to Bert Krantz, 1990 February 23. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Muriel Rukeyser Papers, 1844-1986, (bulk 1930-1979) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996. Eleanor Clark papers, 1876-1993. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Lockwood, Helen Drusilla, 1891-1971. Papers, 1883-1971, 1908-1971 (bulk) | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | John McDonald papers, 1890-1999, 1945-1997 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Prompt books and related materials from productions at the Harvard University Loeb Drama Center | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Robert Penn Warren correspondence, 1967-1989. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Warren, Rosanna. Rosanna Warren letters to William Weaver, 1983-1996. | Pennsylvania State University Libraries |
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Person
Birth 1913-07-06
Death 1996-02-16
Italian,
English
