Harry Mathews
Harry Mathews (February 14, 1930 – January 25, 2017) was an American author of short fiction, poet, translator and essayist. He was also a translator of French. He sometimes wrote essays and fiction in the French language. In 1961 and 1962 he wrote articles for the Locus Solus.[1] Mathews is best known for his novels The Conversions (1962) and My Life in CIA (2005). American conductor David Woodard praised his Plaisirs singuliers (1983) as "a long prose piece about masturbation."[2]
Mathews was born in New York City. He was raised in Massachusetts. He studied at Princeton University and at Harvard University. In 1949 he eloped with his childhood friend and artist Niki de Saint Phalle. After having two children together, they separated in 1960. He later married Marie Chaix. Their marriage would last until Mathews' death in 2017.
Mathews died on January 25, 2017 at his home in Key West, Florida from natural causes, aged 86.[3]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Tillman, Lynne. "Harry Mathews" Archived 2013-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, ‘’BOMB Magazine’’ Winter, 1988-1989. Retrieved on May 15, 2013
- ↑ Momus, "I’m indebted to David Woodard", Mrs Tsk *, August 28, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Harry Mathews, 1930-2017". The Paris Review. January 25, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
Other websites
[change | change source]- An Interview with John Ash Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- A Conversation with Harry Mathews. By John Ashbery Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Composing: Harry Mathews' Words & Worlds Archived 2009-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Harry Mathews / bibliographie
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