John Leggett
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Born | John Ward Leggett November 11, 1917 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
Died | January 25, 2015 Napa, California, United States | (aged 97)
Alma mater | Yale University |
Spouses | Mary Lee Fahnestock (div) Edwina Benington |
Children | 7 (3 biological, 4 stepchildren) |
John Ward Leggett (November 11, 1917 – January 25, 2015) was an American writer who served as the third director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop from 1970 to 1987.
Biography
Leggett was born in
After the end of
In 1967, Leggett wrote a non-fiction book, which became Ross & Tom: Two American Tragedies.
Leggett retired in 1987, moved to Napa and helped run the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, established in 1981 by Dave Evans of
Personal
Leggett married Mary Lee Fahnestock in 1947. They had three sons, Timothy, John, and Anthony,[1] and divorced in 1986.[8][9] Leggett moved to Napa, California in 1987 and later married Edwina Bennington of San Francisco, with whom he lived until his death.[5]
Books
- Wilder Stone (1960) Harper & Brothers, about the relationship with his father.
- The Gloucester Branch (1964) Harper & Row
- Who Took the Gold Away (1969) Random House, about mismatched college friends, Leggett's time at Yale.
- Ross and Tom: Two American Tragedies (1974) Simon & Schuster
- Gulliver House (1979) Houghton Mifflin—about the publishing industry.
- Making Believe (1986) Houghton Mifflin
- A Daring Young Man: A Biography of William Saroyan (2002) Knopf, a biography of two young novelists of the late 1940s, Thomas Heggen and Ross Lockridge Jr., who both committed suicide. Leggett’s notes and research were published in 2003 as an addendum to the book.
References
- ^ a b c Leggett family. "In Remembrance: John Leggett '42". Yale Alumni Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ a b "John 'Jack' Leggett". Napa Valley Register. January 28, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ a b c Woo, Elaine (January 31, 2015). "John 'Jack' Leggett, mentor of emerging authors, dies at 97". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ New York Times. Archived from the originalon February 1, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c McMurtrie, John (January 26, 2015). "John Leggett, former director of Iowa Writers' Workshop, dies at 97". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ "Napa Valley Writers' Conference marks its 30th year". Napa Valley Register. June 9, 2010. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2017 – via St. Helena Star.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Carl, Tim (August 4, 2015). "Writers descend on Upvalley". St. Helena Star. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ Eric Olsen. "John Leggett". We Wanted to Be Writers. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "John Leggett, former director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, dies at 97". The Writing University. The University of Iowa. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
External links
- Leggett, John (1933–1987). "THE PAPERS OF JOHN LEGGETT". Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- John Leggett Writings. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.