Beverly Jensen

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Beverly Jensen (born July 17, 1953 in Westbrook (Maine) , † July 13, 2003 in Maine ) was an American actress and writer whose short stories were published in various literary magazines and collected in novel form.

Life

Beverly Jensen, the youngest of four sisters, grew up in Westbrook, Maine . She studied acting at the University of Maine and Southern Methodist University . She played three years at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia, before moving to New York in 1978 , where she took further acting lessons from Larry Moss.

In 1984 she married Jay Silverman, professor of literature at Nassau Community College on Long Island . In 1986 Jensen gave up acting. Two children were born (1987 and 1993) and Jensen took a part-time job. In late 2002, Jensen was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She died in Maine on July 13, 2003.

plant

After quitting as an actress, Jensen began to write short stories about the life of her mother Idella and her sister Avis in her free time, alongside family and job. She did not seek publication.

After her death, Jay Silverman took care of his wife's literary legacy. In 2006 Wake appeared in the literary magazine "New England Review". The short story was also selected for the anthology "The Best American Short Stories 2007", which Stephen King was guest editor of. The New England Review published two other short stories, Gone and Pan-Fried . Idella's Dress appeared in "Sisters: An Anthology" in 2009. In the same year, Poets & Writers magazine published Finding Beverly .

On June 28, 2010, The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay was published , a compilation of all the short stories for a novel. The German version Die Hummerschwestern came out on April 23, 2012.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e biography on Beverly Jensen's website, see web links
  2. ↑ Beverly Jensen on Randomhouse.de
personal data
SURNAME Jensen, Beverly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Westbrook (Maine) , Maine , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 2003
Place of death Maine , United States