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Pages in category "Writers from Hartford, Connecticut" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Mark Twain first came to Hartford in 1868 while writing The Innocents Abroad in order to work with publisher Elisha Bliss, Jr. of the American Publishing Company. Hartford was a publishing center at the time, with twelve publishers. [ 15 ]
A. Everett "Chick" Austin (1900–1957), arts innovator and director of the Wadsworth Atheneum. Nadine M. DeLawrence (1953–1992), African-American visual artist; born and raised in Hartford [2] George Keller (1842–1935), architect, noted for Hartford's Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch and Hartford Union Station. Kathleen Kucka, abstract painter.
1. Signature. Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. Stevens's first period begins with the publication of ...
Suzanne Collins. Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) [ 2] is an American author and television writer. She is best known as the author of the young adult dystopian book series The Hunger Games. She is also the author of the children's fantasy series The Underland Chronicles .
Noah Webster. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". His "Blue-Backed Speller" books taught generations of American children how to spell and read.
Dunne was born in Hartford, Connecticut and was a younger brother of author Dominick Dunne. He was the son of Dorothy Frances (née Burns) and Richard Edwin Dunne (1894–1946), a hospital chief of staff and heart surgeon. [5] [6] John was the fifth of six children in the family. John's maternal grandfather, Dominick Francis Burns (1857–1940 ...