Eleanor Clark
Eleanor Clark | |
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Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | The Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964) |
| Notable awards | National Book Award |
| Spouses |
Jan Frankel
(m. 1937, divorced) |
| Children | 2, including Rosanna |
| Website | |
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Eleanor Clark (July 6, 1913 – February 16, 1996) was an American writer and "master stylist," best known for her non-fiction accounts.[1][2][3][4]
Background
Eleanor Clark was born on July 6, 1913, in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in Roxbury, Connecticut.[1][4] She attended Vassar College in the 1930s, where she met Mary McCarthy.[3][4]
Career
Clark was involved with the literary magazine Con Spirito there, along with Elizabeth Bishop, Mary McCarthy, and her sister Eunice Clark. She also associated with Herbert Solow and helped translate documents for the 1937 "trial" of Leon Trotsky.[4]
During World War II, Clark worked in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Washington, DC.[4]
Clark wrote reviews, essays, children's books, and novels.[1]
Personal life and death
In 1937, Clark married Jan Frankel, a secretary of Trotsky; they divorced by the mid-1940s.[4][5] In 1952, Clark married Robert Penn Warren and lived in Fairfield, Connecticut, with him and their two children, Rosanna and Gabriel.[1]
On February 16, 1996, Clark died age 82 in
Awards
- 1953: National Book Award finalist nonfiction for Rome and a Villa[3]
- 1964: National Book Award in Arts and Letters for The Oysters of Locmariaquer[3][6]
Works
For her book The Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964),[7] Clark received the U.S. National Book Award in the short-lived category Arts and Letters.[1][6]
When Rome and the Villa was reissued, Anatole Broyard called it "perhaps the finest book ever to be written about a city."[1]
Clark wrote about her experiences with the
Novels:
- Bitter Box (1946)[8][9]
- Baldur's Gate (1970)[10]
- Song of Roland (1960)[11]
- Dr. Heart: A Novella and Other Stories (1974)[12]
- Gloria Mundi: A Novel (1979)[13]
Nonfiction:
- Rome and a Villa (1952)[14]
- Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964)[15]
- Eyes, Etc.: A Memoir (1977)[16]
- Tamrart: 13 Days in the Sahara (1984)[17]
- Camping Out (1986)[18]
Translations:
- Dark Wedding (1943), translation of Epitalamio del Prieto Trinidad by Ramón José Sender[19]
See also
- Robert Penn Warren
- Rosanna Warren
- Mary McCarthy (author)
- Elizabeth Bishop
- Herbert Solow (journalist)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (February 19, 1996). "Eleanor Clark is Dead at 82 - A Ruminative Travel Essayist". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^ Kunitz, Stanley (1955). Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. Supplement, Volume 1. H. W. Wilson. p. 203. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Eleanor Clark". National Book Foundation. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g
ISBN 9780807841693. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ "Federal District, Mexico, Civil Registration Marriages, 1861–1950". Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Ancestry.com.
- ^ a b "Oysters of Locmariaquer". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ^ Warren, Rosanna (August 2024). "My Mother's Oysters". Harper's. Vol. 349, no. 2021.
- ^ Clark, Eleanor (1946). Bitter Box. Doubleday. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ "Bitter Box". Kirkus. April 4, 1946. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Clark, Eleanor (1970). Baldur's Gate. Pantheon. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Clark, Eleanor (1960). Song of Roland. Random House. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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Clark, Eleanor (1974). Dr. Heart: A Novella and Other Stories. Pantheon. ISBN 9780394494111. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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Clark, Eleanor (1979). Gloria Mundi: A Novel. Pantheon. ISBN 9780394505367. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Clark, Eleanor (1952). Rome and a Villa. Doubleday. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Clark, Eleanor (1964). Oysters of Locmariaquer. Pantheon. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Clark, Eleanor (1977). Eyes, Etc.: A Memoir. Pantheon. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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Clark, Eleanor (1984). Tamrart: 13 Days in the Sahara. S. Wright. ISBN 9780913773154. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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Clark, Eleanor (1986). Camping Out. Putnam. ISBN 9780399131226. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Sender, Ramón José (1943). Dark Wedding. Translated by Eleanor Clark. Doubleday, Doran. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
External links
- Eleanor Clark Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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