Bette Howland (1937–2017)
Autore di Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Sull'Autore
Bette Howland was born Bette Lee Sotonoff on January 28, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1961, she met Saul Bellow at a writers' conference on Staten Island and they started writing letters to each other that year. As a single mother with two young sons, she struggled. In 1968, she tried to commit mostra altro suicide and was temporary confined to a psychiatric ward. Her first book, W-3, was about the suicide attempt and its aftermath and was published in 1974. She also wrote Blue in Chicago, Things to Come and Go: Three Stories, and Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. She died on December 13, 2017 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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- Altri nomi
- Sotonoff, Bette Lee (birth)
- Data di nascita
- 1937-01-28
- Data di morte
- 2017-12-13
- Sesso
- female
- Luogo di nascita
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Causa della morte
- multiple sclerosis and dementia
- Istruzione
- University of Chicago (AB)
University of Iowa (MFA) - Attività lavorative
- fiction writer
literary critic
library aide
editor
teacher - Organizzazioni
- MacArthur Grant (1984)
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- Opere
- 5
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 142
- Popolarità
- #144,865
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 26
- Lingue
- 2