Mary Lee Settle: Difference between revisions

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m →‎External links: adding cat using AWB
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.6.2) (Balon Greyjoy)
Line 47: Line 47:
She attended [[Sweet Briar College]] for two years, then moved to New York City in pursuit of a career as an actress and model, and tested for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/10/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Mary Lee Settle|last=Reed|first=Christopher|date=2005-10-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-07-21|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
She attended [[Sweet Briar College]] for two years, then moved to New York City in pursuit of a career as an actress and model, and tested for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/10/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Mary Lee Settle|last=Reed|first=Christopher|date=2005-10-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-07-21|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


During [[World War II]], she joined the British [[Women's Auxiliary Air Force]], and then the [[Office of War Information]]. She taught at [[Bard College]], the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]], and [[University of Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvwc.edu/library/wv_authors/authors/a_settle.htm|title=Mary Lee Settle profile|publisher=Wvwc.edu|accessdate=2012-07-31}}</ref> She lived for many years in Canada, in England, and in Turkey.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/10/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Mary Lee Settle|work=The Guardian|date=October 10, 2005|author=Christopher Reed}}</ref>
During [[World War II]], she joined the British [[Women's Auxiliary Air Force]], and then the [[Office of War Information]]. She taught at [[Bard College]], the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]], and [[University of Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvwc.edu/library/wv_authors/authors/a_settle.htm|title=Mary Lee Settle profile|publisher=Wvwc.edu|accessdate=2012-07-31|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307091942/http://www.wvwc.edu/library/wv_authors/authors/a_settle.htm|archivedate=March 7, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She lived for many years in Canada, in England, and in Turkey.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/10/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Mary Lee Settle|work=The Guardian|date=October 10, 2005|author=Christopher Reed}}</ref>


Settle is most famous for a series of novels called ''The Beulah Quintet'' (''Prisons'', ''O Beulah Land'', ''Know Nothing'', ''The Scapegoat'', ''The Killing Ground''), which cover the history of [[West Virginia]]. She wrote several works of non-fiction''.<ref name="nytiemsobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/books/29settle.html?_r=1|title=Mary Lee Settle, 87, Author of 'Beulah' Novels, Is Dead|author= Anita gates|date=September 29, 2005|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
Settle is most famous for a series of novels called ''The Beulah Quintet'' (''Prisons'', ''O Beulah Land'', ''Know Nothing'', ''The Scapegoat'', ''The Killing Ground''), which cover the history of [[West Virginia]]. She wrote several works of non-fiction''.<ref name="nytiemsobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/books/29settle.html?_r=1|title=Mary Lee Settle, 87, Author of 'Beulah' Novels, Is Dead|author= Anita gates|date=September 29, 2005|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Revision as of 01:47, 14 January 2018

Mary Lee Settle
Mary Lee Settle
Mary Lee Settle
Born(1918-07-29)July 29, 1918
Charleston, WV
DiedSeptember 27, 2005(2005-09-27) (aged 87)
Ivy, VA
OccupationAuthor
NationalityU.S.A.
Spouses
Rodney Weathersbee
​
​
(m. 1939; div. 1946)​
Douglas Newton
​
​
(m. 1946; div. 1956)​
William Tazewell
​
(m. 1978)​

Mary Lee Settle was an American writer.[1]

She won the 1978 National Book Award for her novel Blood Tie[2] and was a founder of the annual PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.[3]

Life

She attended Sweet Briar College for two years, then moved to New York City in pursuit of a career as an actress and model, and tested for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind.[4]

During World War II, she joined the British Women's Auxiliary Air Force, and then the Office of War Information. She taught at Bard College, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and University of Virginia.[5] She lived for many years in Canada, in England, and in Turkey.[6]

Settle is most famous for a series of novels called The Beulah Quintet (Prisons, O Beulah Land, Know Nothing, The Scapegoat, The Killing Ground), which cover the history of West Virginia. She wrote several works of non-fiction.[7]

Death

She died of lung cancer in Ivy, Virginia on September 27, 2005, aged 87, while writing her last book.[7]

Works

Novels and memoirs

Other non-fiction

  • All the Brave Promises
  • The Scopes trial
  • Water World

References

  1. ^ "Mary Lee Settle". NNDb.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  2. ^ "National Book Awards – 1978". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
    (With essay by Rebecca Wolff from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)
  3. ^ Matt Schudel (September 29, 2005). "Novelist Mary Lee Settle; Founded PEN/Faulkner Award". Washington Post. p. B07.
  4. ^ Reed, Christopher (October 10, 2005). "Mary Lee Settle". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "Mary Lee Settle profile". Wvwc.edu. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Christopher Reed (October 10, 2005). "Mary Lee Settle". The Guardian.
  7. ^ a b Anita gates (September 29, 2005). "Mary Lee Settle, 87, Author of 'Beulah' Novels, Is Dead". The New York Times.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a novelist of the United States born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Lee_Settle&oldid=820288251"