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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.
- Monroe Wheeler
Monroe Wheeler (13 February 1899 – 14 August 1988) was an...
- The Grandmothers
The Grandmothers is a 1927 novel by Glenway Wescott which...
- Monroe Wheeler
The Grandmothers is a 1927 novel by Glenway Wescott which received the Harper Novel Prize. [1] [2] Based upon Wescott's own life and family, [3] it is told through the eyes of young Alwyn Tower who leaves the farm to live in Europe, but who remains haunted by his long-dead family members – grandparents, great-uncles and aunts, whose lives ...
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. His relationship with longtime companion Monroe Wheeler lasted from 1919 until Wescott's death.
Monroe Wheeler (13 February 1899 – 14 August 1988) was an American publisher and museum coordinator whose relationship with the novelist and poet Glenway Wescott lasted from 1919 until Wescott's death in 1987.
Feb 24, 1987 · Glenway Wescott, one of the last of the major expatriate American writers who lived in France in the 1920's and 30's, died of a stroke Sunday night at his home in Rosemont, N.J. He was 85 years...
American novelist and critic. Examine the life, times, and work of Glenway Wescott through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
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Like Fitzgerald (who was five years his senior) and Hemingway (two years), Wescott was a son of the Midwest—a Wisconsin farm boy, to be specific—who began publishing at a very young age. His twenties— which were almost congruent with the 1920s (he was born in 1901)—were extraordinarily productive.
