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Sarton, May
(b. 3 May 1912 in Wondelgem, Belgium; d. 16 July 1995 in York, Maine), poet, novelist, and memoirist whose journals depicting the rewards and sorrows of living alone won her an enthusiastic following.
Sarton was the only child of Belgian-born George Sarton, a distinguished historian of science and founder of the journal Isis, and an English mother, Mabel Elwes, a designer of textiles and furniture. After fleeing the German invasion of Belgium in 1914, the Sartons finally settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where George taught part-time at Harvard University while also receiving financial support for his private scholarship from the Carnegie Institution. May Sarton attended the progressive Shady Hill Elementary School and the Cambridge High and Latin School. Poetry and the theater were her passions. During the summers she attended the Gloucester School of the Little Theatre and, managing to meet Eva Le Gallienne backstage in Boston, so impressed the great actress that she invited the seventeen-year-old Sarton to join an apprentice group connected to her Civic
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May Sarton (1912-1995) was a poet, novelist, and memoirist. She was born in Belgium on May 3, 1912 and emigrated to the United States with her father, philospher George Sarton and mother in 1916. Her work richly reflects the European tradition. Many of her works contain erotic female imagery, however May Sarton resisted the term "lesbian" in her lifetime, rather preferring to discuss her writing in terms of the universality of human love in its many manifestations. This collection of May Sarton includes books, correspondence, and poems. It includes eight letters and 36 poems to Valeria Knapp which demonstrate May Sarton passionate feelings for Valeria.
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Eleanor May Sarton (1912-1995) was born in Wondelgem, Belgium to George Sarton and Mabell Eleanor Elwes. With the start of World War I, her family immigrated first to England and then to Boston, Massachusetts where her father worked at Harvard, University. MayFrom 1929-1935, May Sarton worked in the theater. In
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May Sarton
Belgian-American poet, novelist and memoirist, Eleanore Marie Sarton (1912 – 1995)
May Sarton | |
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| Born | Eleanore Marie Sarton (1912-05-03)May 3, 1912 Wondelgem, Belgium |
| Died | July 16, 1995(1995-07-16) (aged 83) York, Maine, US |
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| Nationality | Belgian, American |
| Genre | Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, children's literature |
| Partner | Judy Matlack |
May Sarton was the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton[1] (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995), a Belgian-American novelist, poet, and memoirist. Although her best work is strongly personalised with erotic female imagery, she resisted the label of ‘lesbian writer’, preferring to convey the universality of human love.
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Sarton was born in Wondelgem, Belgium (today a part of the city of Ghent),[1] the only child of historian of scienceGeorge Sarton and his wife, English artist Mabel Eleanor Elwes. When German troops invaded Belgium after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, her family fled to Ipswich, England, where Sarton's maternal grandmot
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