Glenway wescott biography

Glenway Wescott (April 11, 1901 – February 22, 1987) was an.
Glenway Wescott was an American poet, novelist and essayist.
Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) was a major American novelist during the 1920-1940 period and a figure in the American expatriot literary community in Paris.

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Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) was a major American novelist during the 1920-1940 period and a figure in the American expatriot literary community in Paris during the 1920s. Wescott was a homosexual.

Wescott was born on a farm in Kewaskum, Wisconsin in 1901. He briefly studied at the University of Chicago on a scholarship, but dropped out after a year and half with Spanish Flu. He began his writing career as a poet, but is best known for his short stories and novels, notably The Grandmothers (1926). He lived in Germany (1921�1922), and in France (c.1925�1933), where he mixed with Gertrude Stein and the American expatriate community.

His novel, The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story (1940), was praised by the critics. Another novel, Apartment in Athens (1945), the story of a Greek couple in Nazi-occupied Athens who must share their living quarters with a German officer, was a popular success. From then on he ceased to write fiction, although he published his essays and edited the works of others.

According to author Jery Rosco, Wescott did earn decent money as a writer by the late

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Glenway Wescott

Born

in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, The United States

April 11, 1901

Died

February 22, 1987

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Glenway Wescott grew up in Wisconsin and briefly attended the University of Chicago where he met in 1919 his longtime partner Monroe Wheeler.

In 1925 he and Wheeler moved to France, where they mingled with Gertrude Stein and other American expatriates, notably Ernest Hemingway, who created an unflattering portrait of Wescott in the character of Robert Prentiss in The Sun Also Rises.

Eventually, Wescott and Wheeler returned to America and lived in New York City, and later on a large farm in Rosemont, New Jersey owned by his brother, the philanthropist Lloyd Wescott, along with other family members.

Wescott's early fiction, the novels The Apple of the Eye (1924) and the Harper Prize winning The Grandmothers (1927) and the story collection GoodGlenway Wescott grew up in Wisconsin and briefly attended the University of Chicago where he met in 1919 his longtime partner Monroe

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Glenway Wescott

American poet, novelist and essayist

Glenway Wescott (April 11, 1901 – February 22, 1987) was an American poet, novelist and essayist. A figure of the American expatriate literary community in Paris during the 1920s, Wescott was openly gay.^[1] His relationship with longtime companion Monroe Wheeler lasted from 1919 until Wescott's death.

Early life

Wescott was born on a farm in Kewaskum, Wisconsin in 1901.^[3] His younger brother, Lloyd Wescott, was born in Wisconsin in 1907. He studied at the University of Chicago,^[3] where he was a member of a literary circle including Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Yvor Winters, and Janet Lewis, but left after contracting Spanish flu.

Wescott travelled to Santa Fe to recover from Spanish flu, where he wrote his first published poetry collection, titled The Bitterns.^[4] Although, he began his writing career as a poet, he is best known for his short stories and novels, notably The Grandmothers (1927), which received the Harper Novel prize,^[3] and The Pilgrim Hawk