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Elizabeth Hardwick

Elizabeth Hardwick was an American writer, novelist, literary critic, journalist and essayist (1916–2007). She was born at Lexington and died at Manhattan.

Also recorded as Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick.

Overview

Born at Lexington in 1916, died at Manhattan in 2007.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick. Her recorded language was English.

She was the child of Eugene Allen Hardwick and Mary Ramsey. She married Robert Lowell. One child is recorded: Harriet Winslow Lowell.

Career and activity

Elizabeth Hardwick worked in essay and literary criticism.

She was employed by Barnard College. She belonged to American Academy of Arts and Letters and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Recognition and collections

Elizabeth Hardwick received Guggenheim Fellowship, George Jean Nathan Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.

Catalogued works

19 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. The first 12 are listed here.

Sleepless Nights. Seduction and Betrayal. Stories from the New Yorker, 1950-1960. Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979. Dolphin Letters. Noches insomnes. A view of my own. Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick. Schlaflose Nächte. New York Stories of Elizabeth Hardwick. Historias de Nueva York. The ghostly lover.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Talbot [née Hardwick], Elizabeth [Bess] [called Bess of Hardwick], countess of Shrewsbury (1527?–1608), noblewoman, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Elizabeth Hardwick, Katherine Anne Porter Remembered, 2010. Elizabeth Hardwick’s material negotiations, Bess of Hardwick, 2019. Hardwick, Elizabeth Bruce (27 July 1916–02 December 2007), literary critic, essayist, and fiction writer, American National Biography Online, 2025. Elizabeth Hardwick: The Mystique of Manhattan, Sewanee Review, 2013.

In detail

Elizabeth Hardwick studied at University of Kentucky and Columbia University. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is essay and literary criticism.

Employment is recorded with Barnard College. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, George Jean Nathan Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.

Chronology

  1. 1916Elizabeth Hardwick born at Lexington.
  2. 2007Elizabeth Hardwick died at Manhattan.

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q465242: Elizabeth Hardwick

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