King, Alexander, 1900-1965
Variant namesAuthor, illustrator, and storyteller; b. Alexander Koenig (or Konig) in Vienna, Austria; immigrated to New York, N.Y., ca. 1913.
From the description of Papers, 1953-1987 (bulk 1958-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424340
Author, illustrator, and storyteller. Born Alexander Koenig (or Konig), Vienna, Austria; immigrated to New York, N.Y., ca. 1913.
From the description of Papers of Alexander King, 1953-1987 (bulk 1958-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072036
Biographical Note
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1900:
Born Alexander Koenig (or Konig), Vienna, Austria -
circa 1913:
Immigrated with parents to New York, N.Y. -
1917:
Illustrator, New York Sunday World magazine section Married Nettie [?] (divorced 19[?]) -
1928:
Illustrated:C. J. Bulliet's Venus Castina: Impersonators, Celestial and Human. New York: Covici, FriedeJoseph Moncure March's The Set Up. New York: Covici, FriedeEugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones. New York: Boni & LiverightFrançois Villon's The Complete Works of François Villon. New York: Covici, Friede Published:The Gospel of the Goat, 30 lithographs. n.p.An Interpretation, a Credo and Ten Drawings. n.p. -
1929:
Illustrated:Claude Farrère's Black Opium. New York: N. L. BrownEugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape. New York: Horace LiverightFrançois Rabelais's All the Extant Works of François Rabelais. New York: Covici, FriedeWilliam B. Seabrook's The Magic Island. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.Tobias George Smollett's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. New York: John Day Co.Jonathan Swift's The Travels of Lemuel Gulliver. New York: Limited Editions Club -
1930:
Illustrated:Gustave Flaubert's Salammbô; a Story of Ancient Carthage. New York: Modern LibraryAnatole France's At the Sign of the Queen Pédanque. New York: Illustrated Editions Co.Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. New York: Horace LiverightOvid's The Love Books of Ovid. Paterson, N.J.: Alexander Hamilton PressHickman Powell's The Last Paradise. New York: Cape and Smith -
1931:
Illustrated:Giovanni Boccaccio's Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love. New York: Illustrated Editions Co.Daniel Defoe's The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders. New York: Hogarth PressHendrik De Leeuw's Crossroads of the Java Sea. New York: J. Cape & H. SmithHenry Fielding's Tom Jones--The History of a Foundling. New York: Limited Editions ClubCharles Fort's Lo. n.p. Art consultant, Linweave Paper Association's limited edition broadside collection (King did most of the illustrations under various pseudonyms). -
1932:
Illustrated:Petronius Arbiter's The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter in the Translation Attributed to Oscar Wilde. New York: Hogarth PressCharles Dickens's The Bloomsbury Christening. West Springfield, Mass.: J. H. Bordeaux Co. -
1932 -1933 :Editor-in-chief, Americana magazine -
1933:
Illustrated Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. 3 vols. New York: Limited Editions Club -
circa 1933 -1936 :Married Annis Grover (divorced 19[?]) Assistant to Frank Crowninshield, Vanity Fair magazine -
1934:
Published Peace is Hell, 10 lithographs. n.p. -
1937 -1940 :Associate editor, Life magazine -
1938:
Investigated for Life magazine the massacre of Haitians by Dominican army -
1939:
Collaborated with Clare Boothe Luce on her play Margin For Error: A Satirical Melodrama. New York: Random House -
1940 -1941 :Managing editor, Stage magazine -
1941:
Collaborated with Chester Erskin on the play Portrait of a Lady -
circa 1942:
Married Marjorie Belle, later known as Marge Champion (divorced 19[?]) -
1945:
Became addicted to morphine while being treated for a kidney ailment -
1951:
Arrested on drug charges and sentenced to the federal narcotics hospital in Lexington, Ky. -
1953:
Married Margie Lou Swett, singer and actress -
1954:
Arrested and returned to Lexington, Ky., for violation of probation and drug abuse treatment -
1957:
Exhibited thirteen paintings at the Chase Gallery, New York, N.Y. -
1958:
Published Mine Enemy Grows Older. New York: Simon and Schuster Published Alex in Wonderland; Six Paintings with Commentary. New York: Shorewood Press Recorded phonograph album "Alexander King Reads from His Bestseller and Other Stories" -
1959, Jan. 2:
First guest appearance on Jack Paar's television show -
1959:
Featured with his wife, Margie, in his own television show "Alex in Wonderland" (New York City's Channel 13) -
1960:
Translated and illustrated Alexander King Presents Peter Altenberg's Evocations of Love. New York: Simon and Schuster Published May This House Be Safe from Tigers. New York: Simon and Schuster Recorded two phonograph albums: "Love and Hisses" and "Comedy Concert" (excerpts from "Love and Hisses") -
1961:
Published I Should Have Kissed Her More. New York: Simon and Schuster -
1962:
Published The Great Ker-plunk. New York: Simon and Schuster (a children's story illustrated by his son, Robin; first published as a short story in 1961 by McCall's magazine) -
1963:
Published Is There a Life After Birth? New York: Simon and Schuster -
1964:
Published Rosa Krawatten: Das Seltsome und Abenteuerliche Leben des Alexander. Wien: P. Zsolnay (German translation of exerpts from Mine Enemy Grows Older) -
1965:
Published Rich Man, Poor Man, Freud and Fruit--Advice to Amorous Ladies. New York: Simon and Schuster Published posthumously Memoirs of a Certain Mouse. New York: McGraw-Hill -
1965, Nov. 16:
Died, New York, N.Y.
From the guide to the Alexander King Papers, 1953-1987, (bulk 1953-1987), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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referencedIn | Samuel and Bella Spewack Papers, ca.1920-1980 | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Spewack, Samuel and Bella. Papers, ca.1920-1980. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- | University of Michigan | |
referencedIn | George Grosz papers, 1893-1981 (inclusive) 1919-1959 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
creatorOf | King, Alexander, 1900-1965. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
creatorOf | Alexander King Papers, 1953-1987, (bulk 1953-1987) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
creatorOf | King, Alexander, 1900-1965. Papers, 1953-1987 (bulk 1958-1965). | Library of Congress | |
creatorOf | King, Alexander, 1900-1965. Correspondence file, 1928-1930, from Boni & Liveright and Horace Liveright, Inc. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library |
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