Katharine S. White (1892–1977)
Autore di Onward and Upward in the Garden
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Katharine S. White (1896-1977) was fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1925 to 1959. She and her husband, E. B. White, lived in New York City and North Brooklin, Maine
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- Nome canonico
- White, Katharine S.
- Altri nomi
- White, Katharine Sergeant Angell
White, Katharine - Data di nascita
- 1892-09-17
- Data di morte
- 1977-07-20
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Winchester, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Blue Hill, Maine, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- North Brooklin, Maine, USA
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Bryn Mawr College
- Attività lavorative
- editor
columnist
writer - Relazioni
- White, E.B. (husband)
Angell, Roger (son)
Angell, Ernest (husband) - Organizzazioni
- The New Yorker (fiction editor and columnist)
- Breve biografia
- Born into an upper-class family in Massachusetts, Katharine Sergeant attended Miss Winsor's school in Boston and Bryn Mawr College. She married Ernest Angell in 1914; the couple were divorced in 1929 and she married E.B. White. In 1925, she became the first fiction editor at the fledgling publication The New Yorker and helped create its distinctive style and format. She was described as an extremely literate, elegant, and cultivated woman. James Thurber called her "the fountain and shrine of The New Yorker." She was credited with discovering the talents of many 20th century American writers. Her only book was published under the name Katharine S. White.
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White has a straightforward way of discussing both the good and the bad in the garden books. She doesn't hesitate to tell you her preferences and opinions in flower arrangement and garden blooms. At the same time, I felt as though I were sitting with my grandmother discussing the various seed catalogs and possibilities for the garden. She is both charming and literary, well spoken and firm in her ideas. She weaves in history, lore and childhood memories in the most natural way.
At the end of the book, there is a large section with seed and plant nurseries which were still operating at the time of this publication, 1979. There is also an introduction by E. B. White. Very charming line drawings of plants and flowers at the beginning and end of each chapter of the book.… (altro)