Capouya, Emile, 1925-2005
Emile Capouya was an American essayist, critic, and writer. He studied at Columbia University in New York City and started his working life at New Directions. From 1969–1981 he was publisher at The Nation and wrote for The New American Review, The New York Times, and The Saturday Review. Capouya published the work of Ezra Pound, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre and James Joyce. In 1993 he published his first book of short stories, In the Sparrow Hills, a compilation of stories based on his time with Handelsmarine in World War II. It won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction.
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| referencedIn | R. Buckminster Fuller Papers | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Capouya, Emile. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1975. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Kizer, Carolyn. Papers, 1825-2004. | Indiana University | |
| referencedIn | Eastman, Max Forrester, 1883-1969. Eastman mss. 1892-1968 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| referencedIn | Poetry mss., 1954-2002 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| referencedIn | Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Records, 1982-2013 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | American Review records, 1967-1977 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | New Directions Publishing records | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Antioch Review mss., 1940-2007 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) |
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| associatedWith | Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 | person |
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| associatedWith | Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 | person |
| associatedWith | Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 | person |
| associatedWith | Kizer, Carolyn. | person |
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| correspondedWith | New Directions Publishing Corp. | corporateBody |
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Birth 1925
Death 2005-10-13
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