Mary Austin (1) (1868–1934)
Author of The Land of Little Rain
For other authors named Mary Austin, see the disambiguation page.
Mary Austin (1) has been aliased into Mary Hunter Austin.
About the Author
Image credit: Charles Fletcher Lummis
Works by Mary Austin
Works have been aliased into Mary Hunter Austin.
Outland 3 copies
The Lands of the Sun 1 copy
Feminism 1 copy
Papago Wedding 1 copy
The Readjustment 1 copy
Associated Works
Works have been aliased into Mary Hunter Austin.
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker (2000) — Contributor — 438 copies
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (2010) — Contributor — 147 copies
What Did Miss Darrington See? : An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 117 copies
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 (2020) — Contributor — 84 copies
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributor — 83 copies
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contributor — 10 copies
A Modern Galaxy: Short Stories — Contributor — 2 copies
American Indian Love Lyrics and Other Verse from the Songs of the North American Indians — Foreword, some editions — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Austin, Mary
- Other names
- Austin, Mary Hunter
- Birthdate
- 1868-09-09
- Date of death
- 1934-08-13
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Carlinville, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Cause of death
- heart attack
- Places of residence
- Independence, California, USA
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA
Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA - Education
- Blackburn College (B.A. 1888)
- Occupations
- Writer
- Relationships
- Austin, Stafford Wallace (husband)
- Short biography
- Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) was a well-known and prolific writer best known for her portrayals of life in California and New Mexico. She published 33 books, including Land of Little Rain, 3 plays and well over 125 short stories, articles, and poems before her death on August 13, 1934. During her lifetime, Austin befriended many important figures including Jimmy Hopper, Herbert Hoover, Jack London, Charles Fletcher Lummis, George Bernard Shaw, George Sterling, and H.G. Wells, among many others represented in the collection. There is little correspondence with her immediate family, though she was close to her brother Jim's daughter, Mary Hunter Sullivan Wolf, and numerous correspondence between the two exist. Austin lived in Carmel, California, New York, London, and Rome. Santa Fe, New Mexico, became her final residence and she erected a house there, which she named "Casa Querida." Once in Santa Fe, her lifelong interest in American Indians became more pronounced, and she lobbied vigorously and frequently on their behalf. Much of her later writing dealt with Indians as well as mysticism and religions. With the help of Arthur Leon Campa of the University of New Mexico, Austin collected Spanish folklore, which had existed as oral tradition until they transcribed it. Austin's writings also focused on the financial, intellectual, and social independence of women.
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- Works
- 33
- Also by
- 22
- Members
- 857
- Popularity
- #29,859
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 16
- ISBNs
- 163
- Languages
- 3