Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency Records, 1940s-2003 and undated (bulk 1978-1995)

By Source, Fair use, Link Reynolds Price was born Edward Reynolds Price, in Macon, North Carolina, on 1 February 1933. He earned his B.A. degree from Duke University (1955) while on a full scholarship. After graduating, Price won a Rhodes scholarship, which allowed him to attend Merton College, Oxford. In 1958, Price received his Bachelor of letters from Merton College. His thesis focused on the English poet John Milton. Upon his return from Oxford, Price secured a position in the English d...

McDermott, Alice

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Eugene Walter

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Bonner, John Tyler

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Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005

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George Kennan (1845-1924), American journalist and author, was best-known for his writings on Russia. In 1865 he was sent to Siberia as part of a surveying party to find a route for a telegraph line to connect Europe and America. Kennan traveled across Russia and wrote about his experiences in Tent Life in Siberia (1870). He worked as assistant manager of the Associated Press and wrote about the Russian prison and exile system for Century Magazine. In addition to his wor...

Bellow, Saul

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McPhee, Charles Lambert

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Kuskin, Karla

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Born in New York City in 1932, Karla Kuskin (née Seidman) has written and illustrated at least twenty-seven books for children and collaborated on at least eighteen others as author or illustrator. From the description of Karla Kuskin papers, 1965-1966. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 48271717 Karla Kuskin was born July 17, 1932, in New York City. She began writing and drawing at an early age. Her first book, Roar and ...

Lenny Lopate

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Lussier, Paul

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Dawson, George, 1637-1700

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George Dawson was a fair and steam enthusiast from Cumbria. He was involved with various societies and preservation groups and helped organise a number of steam rallies. From the guide to the George Dawson Collection, c1967-1980, (National Fairground Archive, University of Sheffield Library.) Epithet: hymnologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000205 Epithet: of Add MS 36897 ...

Richard Glaubman/

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Suzi-Lori Parks

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George Dawson

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Stewart, Michael (Michael R.)

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Epithet: of Greenock, MP Title: 6th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x00007e ...

Smith, Mark

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Glickfeld, Carole L.

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Glaubman, Richard

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Wasserman, Harriet

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Bausch, Richard

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Vreuls, Diane

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Clark, Elinore

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Buechner, Frederick, 1926-....

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Born July 11, 1926, Buechner was named for his father, Carl Frederick Buechner. After his father's death, when Buechner was ten, the famiy moved frequently. In 1941 Buechner was sent to the Lawrenceville School, where he built a lasting friendship with James Merrill. Buechner, after his graduation from Lawrenceville in 1943, attended Princeton University. His education there was interrupted by his draft into the army. He later returned to Princeton to graduate in 1947. In 1950 he published his P...

Ford, Sandra Gould

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Markus, Julia

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Howland, Bette

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Winegardner, Mark

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Winthrop, Caroline

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Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency.

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The Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency (HWLA) was formed in 1981 by Harriet Wasserman, formerly an agent at the Russell and Volkening Literary Agency beginning in 1965. A number of prominent American writers Wasserman represented at Russell and Volkening came with her when she formed her own agency. Thus, while the bulk of the HWLA records document her clients' careers after 1981, a number also reach back into the 1970s and document such early clients as Saul Bellow, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and Rey...

Walter, Eugene, 1932-

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Humphreys, Josephine

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Author residing on Sullivan's Island (Charleston Co.), S.C. From the guide to the Josephine Humphreys Papers, 1946-1993 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...

Saul Bellow)

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Josephine Humphreys

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Olsen, Tillie

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Biography Tillie Olsen was born in Nebraska in 1913 and has lived in San Francisco for most of her life. Her education was cut short by the Depression: she wrote and published when young, but the necessity of raising and supporting four children and full-time work prevented her from writing for twenty years. She was in her mid-forties before she began again. Tell Me A Riddle was originally published in 1962, and its title novella received the...

Martha Moody/

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Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency Records, 1940s-2003 and undated (bulk 1978-1995)

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