Henry Carlisle (1926–2011)
Author of Voyage to the First of December
About the Author
Henry Carlisle was born in 1926. He began his publishing career in New York as an editor at Knopf in 1954. He wrote several novels including Voyage to the First of December, The Idealists, The Jonah Man, The Somers Mutiny, and The Contract. He was elected President of PEN America in 1976. He died show more of complications from pneumonia on July 12, 2011 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Henry Carlisle
The Contract 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Carlisle, Henry
- Legal name
- Carlisle, Henry Coffin
- Birthdate
- 1926-09-14
- Date of death
- 2011-07-11
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Stanford University
- Occupations
- novelist
editor
translator
anti-censorship activist - Organizations
- PEN American Center (president)
United States Navy (WWII)
Knopf (editor) - Relationships
- Carlisle, Olga Andreyev (wife)
- Short biography
- The New York Times said in his obituary that Henry Carlisle's broad literary career included supporting oppressed writers, editing Camus, helping translate and publish Solzhenitsyn, and writing novels. It was as a book editor for Knopf that he helped oversee the publication of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. He moved to Rinehart & Company, then joined with others to form a short-lived publishing house that specialized in the work of writers from the Western United States. He became a full-time author in 1961.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Places of residence
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Place of death
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Map Location
- USA
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