Papers, 1948-1978.

Swados, Harvey.

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Harvey Swados, novelist and social critic, was born in Buffalo, New York, October 28, 1920, and died in Amherst, Massachusetts, December 11, 1972. His parents were Aaron Meyer Swados, a physician, and Rebecca Bluestone Swados, a painter. He married Bette Beller September 12, 1946. Their children are Marco, born 1947, Felice, 1949, and Robin, 1953. Swados received his B.A. in 1940 from the University of Michigan. From 1948, the Swados' "permanent" home was at Valley Cottage, Rockland...

Malamud, Bernard

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Novelist and short story writer Bernard Malamud was born in 1914 and raised in Brooklyn. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his heritage would play a key role in his development as a writer. He was also influenced by growing up during the the Depression and by 19th-century writers such as Hawthorne and Melville. His bittersweet, tragicomic stories often merge reality and fantasy, and explore the human condition through themes of suffering and moral obligation. His work has won many ...

Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992

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Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was an American avant garde writer and poet. She lived in San Francisco, Newark, Delaware, and Rowayton, Connecticut, when she wrote these letters. From the description of Kay Boyle letters and poems, 1935-1975. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 33890909 Kay Boyle was an American essayist, novelist, short-story writer, translator, essayist, and translator. From the description of Kay Boyle collection of papers, 1...

Wilner, Herbert, 1925-1977

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Wilner (Columbia M.A., 1948) was an author and professor of English at San Francisco State College from 1957 to 1977. From the guide to the Herbert Wilner Papers, 1948-1978., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Wilner (Columbia M.A., 1948) was an author and professor of English at San Francisco State College from 1957 to 1977. From the description of Papers, 1948-1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat ...

Engle, Paul, 1908-1991

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Paul Engle was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on October 12, 1908. Engle attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, where he graduated cum laude in 1931, emphasizing English literature, American history and languages. In 1932, Paul Engle received his M.A. from the University of Iowa. In the fall of 1933, Paul Engle received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. He sailed for England, enrolled in Merton College at Oxford University, and began studies under the poet Edmund Blunden. He was awarded a second M...

Clark, Walter Van Tilburg, 1909-1971

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American writer. From the description of Walter Van Tilburg Clark papers, ca. 1930-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553100 American author. From the description of The city of trembling leaves [manuscript], 1945. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647832557 Letter critiques a short story Jim Folger submitted to Walter Van Tilburg Clark, comparing Folger's writing difficulties to those he had in writing his short story "The buck in the h...

San Francisco State College

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