Peter Hillsman Taylor (1917–1994)
Author of A Summons to Memphis
About the Author
Image credit: Taylor at Kenyon College. This 1941 photo (by Robie Macauley: "That doleful Kenyon snapshot") is the subject of Robert Lowell's poem, "For Peter Taylor". By Robie Macauley - I (Cmacauley (talk) 16:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC) created this work entirely by myself., GFDL, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26349092
Works by Peter Hillsman Taylor
Associated Works
Growing Up in the South: An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature (1991) — Contributor — 143 copies
Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970 (1970) — Contributor — 13 copies
Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970, Volume II (1970) — Contributor — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Taylor, Peter Matthew Hillsman
- Birthdate
- 1917-01-08
- Date of death
- 1994-11-02
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Trenton, Tennessee, USA
- Place of death
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Places of residence
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Gambier, Ohio, USA - Education
- Kenyon College
Vanderbilt University
Southwestern College (now Rhodes College)
Rossman School (St. Louis)
St. Louis Country Day School (St. Louis)
Central High School (Memphis) - Occupations
- short-story writer
novelist
playwright
professor - Relationships
- Taylor, Eleanor Ross (wife)
Tate, Allen (teacher)
Ransom, John Crowe (teacher)
Jarrell, Randall (friend)
Lowell, Robert (friend) - Organizations
- United States Army (1941-1945)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Virginia
Kenyon College
Ohio State University
National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (show all 8)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellowship of Southern Writers (charter member) - Awards and honors
- National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters gold medal for literature (1979)
National Institute of Arts and Letters grant in literature (1952)
Fulbright fellowship (1955)
Ford Foundation fellowship
Rockefeller Foundation grant
Members
Reviews
Lists
Summer Reading (1)
Southern Fiction (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 29
- Also by
- 36
- Members
- 2,372
- Popularity
- #10,826
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 42
- ISBNs
- 65
- Languages
- 6