Alfred Chester letters to Curtis Harnack 1951–1958

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Alfred Chester letters to Curtis Harnack 1951–1958

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This collection contains letters written by twentieth century American writer Alfred Chester to friend Curtis Harnack during his years spent in Paris in the 1950s.

31 items; (1 box)

eng,

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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Chester, Alfred, 1928–1971.

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Alfred Chester was born on September 7, 1928 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to a family of Jewish-Russian immigrants. He received his B.A. at New York University in 1949 and completed some graduate study at Columbia University. In 1951, he left for Paris as other bohemian expatriates had done before him, most notably, Gertrude Stein. While living in Paris he began his career as a serious writer, composing such works as the collection of short stories, He...