Dial Press records 1924-1983

Mailer, Norman

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American writer. From the description of Letters to Theodore S. Amussen [manuscript], [ca. 1948?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823381 Norman Mailer was an American author and celebrity, admired for his novels and social commentary, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mailer became interested in writing while studying aeronautical engineering at Harvard. He served in World War II, which led to the acclai...

Bourjaily, Vance, 1922-2010

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Novelist and Writers' Workshop instructor From the description of Papers of Vance Bourjaily, 1980. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233176560 Louisiana novelist. From the description of A certain kind of work, 1968. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 237800188 American writer. From the description of The unnatural enemy [manuscript], 1963. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 658053427 ...

Lester, Julius

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Condon, Richard.

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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

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James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, short story writer and playwright. Born in Harlem, he provided a literary voice during the period of civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s. His first novel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (1953) is a partially autobiographical account of his youth. His other novels include "Giovanni's Room" (1956) and "Another Country" (1962), both concerned with homosexuality as a theme. Baldwin's highly personal and analytical essay collections, "Notes of a...

MacVeagh, Lincoln, 1890-1972

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Lincoln MacVeagh was born October 1, 1890, in Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, the son of Charles and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh. The family name, MacVeagh, stands out in the history of American statecraft. His father, Charles, was President Calvin Coolidge's Ambassador to Japan; his grandfather, Wayne MacVeagh, was Attorney General in President James A. Garfield's Cabinet and his great-uncle, Franklin MacVeagh, was President William Howard Taft's Secretary of the Treasury. M...

Thayer, Scofield, 1889-1982

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Scofield Thayer (1889-1982) graduated from Harvard in 1913 and attended Magdalen College, Oxford. With J. Sibley Watson, he purchased Dial Magazine in 1919, and served as its editor until 1925, publishing works by many leading Modernists. During this time, Thayer also built his collection of modern art and oversaw the publication of the portfolio Living Art. He suffered a severe breakdown in 1925, from which he never recovered, and died in May 1982. He married Elaine Orr in 1916; they divorced i...

Dial Books for Young Readers

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Dial Press.

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Dial Press, founded in 1923 in Manhattan. From the description of Dial Press records, 1924-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702181873 Founded in 1923, the Dial Press was a distinctly separate entity from the Dial Magazine although they were housed in the same building and Scofield Thayer worked with both. Many accounts state 1924 as the founding date, but this was the year of the Press's first imprint. The Dial Press logo design was based on the signet ring ...

Bourjaily, Vance Nye

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Gold, Herbert, 1924-

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American novelist & essayist. From the description of Herbert Gold papers, 1951-1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 470399985 American novelist, essayist, and editor. From the description of Papers of Herbert Gold, ca. 1959. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34567158 American author. From the description of Letters, 1969-1979, to Robie Macauley [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Ludlum, Robert, 1927-2001

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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-....

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Prominent Louisiana author of several modern American novels, including AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN, and writer in residence at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. From the description of Ernest Gaines letters, 1960-1967. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 255978371 Ernest J. Gaines, a prominent African American writer, was born on Jan. 15, 1933. He grew up in the slave quarters of a plantation in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, a place which influenced...

Dell Publishing Company.

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Brokhin, Yuri, 1934-

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Condon, Richard

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Mailer, Norman

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Norman Mailer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1923 and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After graduation from Boys High School, he later graduated from Harvard University. Mailer served two years in Leyte, Luzon and Japan during World War II. In 1948, he produced his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, considered by many critics to be one of the most important novels to emerge from the second world war. Mailer's second novel, Barbary Shore, was described by its author as a "product of inten...

Brown, Raphael, 1912-

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Labor leader and union organizer. From the description of Papers, 1933-1935. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28416390 ...

Cohen, Jerry S., 1925-

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Mintz, Morton

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Lester, Julius

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Yerby, Frank, 1916-1991

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Marty, Martin E., 1928-....

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