Elizabeth Hardwick

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Elizabeth Hardwick (born July 27, 1916 in Lexington (Kentucky) , † December 2, 2007 in New York City ) was an American literary critic and writer . She was one of the founders of the New York Review of Books .

Life and work

Hardwick grew up in Kentucky and graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in literature in 1939. In 1947 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship . From 1949 to 1972 she was married to the poet Robert Lowell , with whom she raised a daughter. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 .

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Hardwick taught creative writing at Barnard College and the Columbia University Department of Literature . In 1959, Hardwick published The Decline of Book Reviewing in Harper’s , a harsh criticism of the poor quality of contemporary literary reviews that it perceived. A New York printers' strike that stretched from 1962 to the following year inspired Hardwick, Robert Lowell, Jason Epstein, Barbara Epstein and Robert B. Silvers to create a new magazine specifically for sophisticated literary criticism, " The New York Review of Books ".

Works (selection)

  • Sleepless Nights (1979) (German: sleepless nights . Translated by Regine Laudann. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1988)
  • Seduction and Betrayal (1974) (German: seduction and betrayal. Women and literature . Essays)
  • The Simple Truth (1955)
  • The Ghostly Lover (1945)
  • Herman Melville (2000) (German: Claassen Verlag, Munich 2002)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New York Times Obituary, December 4, 2007: "Elizabeth Hardwick, Writer, Dies at 91"
personal data
SURNAME Hardwick, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American literary critic and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Lexington, Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 2007
Place of death New York City