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Helen Bassine Yglesias (March 29, 1915 – March 28, 2008) was an American novelist. Early life. Yglesias was the youngest of seven children born to Solomon and Kate Bassine, both Yiddish -speaking immigrants from the Russian-controlled portion of Poland who lived in an apartment in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Apr 7, 2008 · Helen Yglesias, Who Wrote of Women, Is Dead at 92. By Dennis Hevesi. April 7, 2008. Helen Yglesias, whose novels examined women’s lives in an array of settings and situations small towns,...
Helen Yglesias. Photograph by Margaret Joskow, courtesy of Rafael Yglesias. In Brief. Writer Helen Yglesias explored the lives of New York Jewish women in her distinctive books. Born in 1915, she was the youngest of seven children to two Jewish immigrants and was raised in Brooklyn, NY.
Helen Yglesias was the author of five published novels, the first written when she was a 54-year-old mother of three. Self-educated beyond high school, this daughter of Yiddish-speaking immigrants had jobs selling underwear, stuffing envelopes, teaching ballroom dancing, typing manuscripts, writing book reviews, and, eventually, editing.
Apr 5, 1981 · SWEETSIR By Helen Yglesias. 332 pp. New York: Simon and Schuster. $13.95. HELEN YGLESIAS has done a rare and difficult thing in ''Sweetsir'': She has written a novel about a small-town...
Oct 10, 1976 · NORTH BROOKLIN, Me. — Helen Bassine Yglesias was 17, the “tail end” of a family of six children of immigrant parents in New York City, when she first turned her hand to an autobiographical...
Yglesias, Helen. views 3,728,828 updated. YGLESIAS, Helen. Nationality: American. Born: Helen Bassine in New York City, 29 March 1915. Family: Married 1) Bernard Cole in 1938 (divorced 1950), one son and one daughter; 2) Jose Yglesias in 1950 (divorced 1992, deceased 1995); one son.
