Dawn Powell (1896–1965)
Author of Dawn Powell: Novels, 1930-1942
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Works by Dawn Powell
She Walks in Beauty 3 copies
Complete Novels 2 copies
Such a Pretty Day 2 copies
Whither 1 copy
Jig saw, a comedy 1 copy
Powell Dawn 1 copy
Associated Works
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 550 copies
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Contributor — 93 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1896-11-28
- Date of death
- 1965-11-14
- Burial location
- Hart Island, New York, New York, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Mount Gilead, Ohio, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Mount Gilead, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA
Shelby, Ohio, USA - Education
- Lake Erie College
- Occupations
- freelance writer
film extra (silent films)
screenwriter
radio personality
novelist
short story writer (show all 8)
playwright
diarist - Short biography
- Dawn Powell was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio. She had a difficult childhood and ran away to the home of an aunt at age 13. She lived there while attending high school and went to Lake Erie College for Women in Painesville, where she wrote stories and plays, acted in college productions, and contributed to and edited the college newspaper. She graduated in 1918. and moved to New York City's Greenwich Village. She was an active member of the artistic scene there, often using it in her novels and plays. She never became a really popular writer in her own lifetime, and most of her works were out of print by the time of her death. However, they've since undergone a revival and she is now considered an underappreciated comic and satiric genius.
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- 30
- Also by
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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