Ellin Berlin (1903–1988)
Auteur de The Best of Families
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Call Number LC-B2- 6499-7
Œuvres de Ellin Berlin
Silver Plater 1 exemplaire
Silver Platter: A portrait of Mrs. John Mackay 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Berlin, Ellin
- Date de naissance
- 1903-03-22
- Date de décès
- 1988-07-29
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Roslyn, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause du décès
- stroke
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- Barnard College
- Professions
- novelist
- Relations
- Berlin, Irving (husband)
Barrett, Mary Ellin (daughter) - Organisations
- United States Assay Commission
- Courte biographie
- Ellin Berlin, née Mackay, was born to a wealthy, staunchly Roman Catholic family in New York and had a privileged childhood. She was an heiress to a great fortune derived from the Comstock Lode and telephone companies. She was educated at private schools and took courses at Barnard College. As a debutante, she was noted for her beauty and independent spirit. In 1926, she shocked society and infuriated her father -- who disinherited her -- by having a whirlwind romance with and then marrying Irving Berlin, a widower 15 years her senior and an immigrant Orthodox Russian Jew. The couple had three daughters. In 1933, she began contributing short stories to national magazines such as The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, and Ladies' Home Journal. Her first novel, Land I Have Chosen, was published in 1944. Other books included Lace Curtain (1948), the semi-autobiographical Silver Platter (1957), and The Best of Families (1970). Her daughter Mary Ellin Barrett also became a writer.
Membres
Listes
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 75
- Popularité
- #235,804
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- ISBN
- 2