William Slater Brown
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| Born | November 13, 1896 Webster, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 22, 1997 (aged 100) Rockport, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Novelist, biographer and translator |
| Spouse | Susan Jenkins Esther Rosenberg Mary James |
| Children | Gwilym Slater Brown Rachel Brown |
William Slater Brown (November 13, 1896 – June 22, 1997) was an American novelist, biographer, and translator of French literature. Most notably, he was a friend of the poet E. E. Cummings and is best known as the character "B." in Cumming's 1922 memoir/novel The Enormous Room.
His books, published under the name Slater Brown, include the novel The Burning Wheel (1943); Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys (1956), a biography for children; and The Heyday of Spiritualism (1970), a study of the 19th-century interest in parapsychology and the occult.
Early life
Brown was born to the physician Frederick Augustus Brown and Katharine Slater in the town of
World War I
Brown volunteered to serve in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps in early 1917. En route to France aboard the SS La Touraine he met E.E. Cummings. Due to an organizational mix-up, the two spent five weeks together in Paris before assigned to an ambulance unit, during which time they became close friends.
In September 1917 Brown and Cummings were arrested on suspicion of espionage and were imprisoned at the
Later life
Brown later became part of the
During this time he married Susan Jenkins, who was part of the Provincetown Players group, and they had one son, Gwilym Slater Brown (1928–1974). His daughter, Rachel Brown, was born to Esther Rosenberg in 1936. In 1957 he married Mary James (died 1987), the granddaughter of Robertson James and grandniece of Henry James. They resided in Rockport, Massachusetts. William Slater Brown died at age 100 in 1997.
See also
References
- ^ "William Slater Brown and the Enormous Room". gvsu.edu. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
- ^ ""B" (William Slater Brown)". gvsu.edu. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
External links
- "William Slater Brown, 100, Writer of the Lost Generation" New York Times
- "B (William Slater Brown)" from Spring: The Journal of the E. E. Cummings Society
- Slater Brown at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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