Background
Wurdemann was born in Seattle, Washington. She claimed to be the great-great-granddaughter of Percy Bysshe Shelley, but no Shelley lineage can be connected to her family.
Wurdemann was born in Seattle, Washington. She claimed to be the great-great-granddaughter of Percy Bysshe Shelley, but no Shelley lineage can be connected to her family.
She never attended grammar school, and entered high school at the age of 11.
Her first collection of poetry, "The House of Silk" was published when she was 16, sponsored by California poet George Sterling. She was a 1931 honors graduate of the University of Washington. After college she traveled through Asia.
She subsequently collaborated with him on the novels My Uncle January and The Islanders.
They spent their last years living in Coral Gables, Florida. Her work appeared in Harper"s, and magazine.
Their papers are held at the University of Miami.
(Book (with dustjacket) of poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner...)
(He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1934.)
(Good hardcover. No DJ. Ex-Library with usual markings. Pa...)
Member Academy American Poetry (director), Poetry Society American, National League American Pen Women (national president 1938-1940), Delta Gamma, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Joseph Auslander, May 17, 1933.