Paul Kruger
Roberta Elisabeth "Betty" Sebenthall (January 6, 1917 - January 27, 1979) was an American novelist and poet, based in Wisconsin. She published fifteen detective novels and several volumes of poetry, sometimes under masculine pseudonyms.
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Paul Kruger
- Name
- Roberta E.
- Birth Name
- Roberta Elisabeth Sebenthall
- Born
- January 6, 1917
- Birthplace
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Died
- January 27, 1979 (age 62)
- Place of death
- Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Roberta E. Sebenthall • Birth Name — Roberta Elisabeth Sebenthall • Born — January 6, 1917 • Birthplace — Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S. • Died — January 27, 1979 (age 62) • Place of death — Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, U.S. • Other Names — R. E. Sebenthall, Betty Sebenthall, Paul Kruger, Harry Davis, Roberta Hill • Occupation — Writer
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Paul Kruger, a crime writer, was born on 6 January 1917 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. and died on 27 January 1979 in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Early life and education
Early life and education
Sebenthall was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and raised in Mount Horeb, the daughter of Robert Graham Sebenthall and Laura Rosalie Cote Sebenthall. Her father was a businessman.
Career
Career
Sebenthall worked in a munitions plant during World War II. She wrote fifteen detective novels and several volumes of poetry, sometimes under masculine pseudonyms, including "Paul Kruger" and "Harry Davis". She also wrote book reviews for the Milwaukee Journal, and local history articles for the Wisconsin State Journal. August Derleth praised Sebenthall's first poetry collection, Acquainted with a Chance of Bobcats (1969), for "a freshness of language, a vividness of imagery that comes naturally from her pen, without straining for effect." "Sebenthall's poems are formal recollections of a natural ethic," explains one scholar. "Through her poetry, she attempts to see primeval qualities, feelings, in this time of more civilized modes." In 1968 Sebenthall was awarded the Writer's Cup by the Madison chapter of Theta Sigma Pi. In 1970 she received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her writing.
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The period of activity is recorded as 1893.
Personal life
Personal life
Sebenthall had a longtime personal partnership with Mary T. Locke; they met in New York City in 1940. Sebenthall died from emphysema in 1979, at the age of 62, in Mount Horeb. Locke died within months after Sebenthall, and the two women share a gravesite in Mount Horeb. The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society holds a collection of Sebenthall's books, paintings, and other materials.
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1917
Paul Kruger born at Eau Claire.
1979
Paul Kruger died at Dane County.
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• "To Guadalcanal and Back" (1943, short story, as Harry Davis) • The Desperate Wall (1949, as Roberta Hill) • Portrait of Rene (1956, as Harry Davis) • My Brother's Wife (1956, as Harry Davis) • A Bullet for a Blonde (1958, as Paul Kruger) • Dig Her a Grave (1960, as Paul Kruger) • Bedroom Alibi (1961, as Paul Kruger) • "Thoreau" (1961, poem) • A Message for Marise (1963, as Paul Kruger) • "Lone Wolf" (1963, poem) • "Easter Island" (1963, poem) • Weep for Willow Green (1966, as Paul Kruger) • Weave a Wicked Web (1967, as Paul Kruger) • "The Holy Indigents" (1967) • If the Shroud Fits (1968, as Paul Kruger) • The Finish Line (1968, as Paul Kruger) • Acquainted with a Chance of Bobcats (1969, poems) • "The Artisan as Hero" (1971, poem) • The Bronze Claws (1972, as Paul Kruger) • The Cold Ones (1972, as Paul Kruger) • Voyages to the Inland Sea (1973, poems, with Thomas McGrath and Robert Dana) • "The Villages" (1975, poem) • Anatomy of a December (1978, poems)
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- 1.Wagner, R. Richard. We've Been Here All Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay History. Wisconsin Historical Society. 306–307. 2019-05-30. 978-0-87020-913-0.
- 2.Mt. Horeb School Pupils Placed on Honor Roll. Wisconsin State Journal. 13. 1926-12-04.
- 3.Marquis Who's Who. Who's Who of American Women. 799. 1973. 978-0-8379-0409-2.
- 4.Robert G. Sebenthall. Wisconsin State Journal. 5. 1942-03-03.
- 5.'Whodunit' author Sebenthall dies. Wisconsin State Journal. 36. 1979-01-29.
- 6.Schlatter, Janet M. Mystery Tale Has Unlikely Author. Star Tribune. 84. 1966-11-06.
- 7.Sebenthall, Betty. What's Mt. Horeb's Past? Ask Nora Evans. Wisconsin State Journal. 15. 1954-08-01.
- 8.Sebenthall, Betty. Still a Dahlen There; Mt. Horeb Telephone System Grows Up from the Days of the 'Big Magic Box'. Wisconsin State Journal. 17. 1955-03-06.
- 9.Sebenthall, Betty. Mt. Horeb Church's Centennial; Lutherans Plan Week Celebration. Wisconsin State Journal. 8. 1956-09-02.
- 10.Derleth, August. Betty Sebenthall's Poems. The Capital Times. 17. 1970-02-12.
- 11.Madison, Wis. : North Country Press. The Journey home : the literature of Wisconsin through four centuries. 629. 1989. 978-0-944133-02-6.
- 12.Betty Sebenthall Receives Writer's Cup at Press Event. The Capital Times. 12. 1968-05-06.
- 13.The Sebenthall Project: Betty Sebenthall, Author, Poet, Painter. Past Times: Mount Horeb Area Historical Society. 6–9. April 2013.
- 14.Sebenthall, R. E. "Thoreau" The Colorado Quarterly 10(2)(Autumn 1961): 133. via Internet Archive.
- 15.Sebenthall, R. E. Lone Wolf. The Massachusetts Review. 6. 4. Autumn 1963.
- 16.Sebenthall, R. E. "Easter Island" Kenyon Review (Summer 1963).
- 17.Sebenthall, R. E. The Holy Indigents. Western Humanities Review. 21. 2. 154. Spring 1967.
- 18.Undercover. Leader-Telegram. 12. 1972-07-06.
- 19.Peterson, Gary. Poet's words still 'blaze like sumac'. The Capital Times. 13. 1979-03-05.
- 20.Sebenthall, R. E. The Artisan as Hero. Western Humanities Review. 25. 2. 127. Spring 1971.
- 21.Pacific Book Pub. Best Poems of 1971: Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards 1972. 1972. 978-0-87015-200-9.
- 22.Center for Contemporary Poetry, Wisconsin State University at La Crosse. Voyages to the Inland Sea: R. E. Sebenthall, Thomas McGrath, Robert Dana. 1973.
- 23.Stryk, Lucien. Heartland II : poets of the Midwest. De Kalb : Northern Illinois University Press. 195. 1975. 978-0-87580-050-9.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Roberta Sebenthall, Roberta Elizabeth Sebenthall, Betty Sebenthall, Roberta E. Sebenthall and Roberta Elisabeth Sebenthall. Her recorded language was English.
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