Seton, Cynthia Propper

Author.

Cynthia Propper was born Oct 11, 1926 in New York City to Charlotte Jansen and Karl Propper. She graduated from the Fieldston School and earned her B.A. from Smith College in 1948. She worked as a journalist, serving for 12 years as a columnist for the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her columns were also printed in the Washington Post. She was married to Paul Seton, the Smith College physician and psychiatrist, and the two, with their five children, lived in Northampton, Massachusetts. She published three essay collections and five novels, and regularly contributed book reviews to several publications. Many critics praised Seton's work, calling her "a latter-day Jane Austen, writing a comedy of manners." Her third novel, A Fine Romance, was nominated for a National Book Award in 1976. In addition to writing, Seton lectured on literary and feminist topics and taught at the Indiana Writer's Conference. After a long battle with Hodgkins disease and leukemia, Seton died in Northampton on October 23, 1982.

From the description of Papers, 1951-1982. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 51671482