Bette Howland (1937–2017)
Author of Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
About the Author
Bette Howland was born Bette Lee Sotonoff on January 28, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1961, she met Saul Bellow at a writers' conference on Staten Island and they started writing letters to each other that year. As a single mother with two young sons, she struggled. In 1968, she tried to commit show more suicide and was temporary confined to a psychiatric ward. Her first book, W-3, was about the suicide attempt and its aftermath and was published in 1974. She also wrote Blue in Chicago, Things to Come and Go: Three Stories, and Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. She died on December 13, 2017 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Other names
- Sotonoff, Bette Lee (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1937-01-28
- Date of death
- 2017-12-13
- Gender
- female
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Cause of death
- multiple sclerosis and dementia
- Education
- University of Chicago (AB)
University of Iowa (MFA) - Occupations
- fiction writer
literary critic
library aide
editor
teacher - Organizations
- MacArthur Grant (1984)
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- Works
- 5
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 139
- Popularity
- #147,351
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 26
- Languages
- 2