Background
Swados, Harvey was born on October 28, 1920 in Buffalo. Son of Aaron Nyer and Rebecca (Bluestone) Swados.
Swados, Harvey was born on October 28, 1920 in Buffalo. Son of Aaron Nyer and Rebecca (Bluestone) Swados.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1940.
Member faculty literature division Sarah Lawrence College, from 1958, later faculty U. Massachusetts Amherst. Hudson Review fellow in Fiction, 1957. Guggenheim fellow, 1961.
Award for novel National Institute Arts and Letters, 1965, also Arts and Letter grant for art, 1965.
Grant for fiction National Endowment for Arts, 1968.
Member faculty literature division Sarah Lawrence College, from 1958, later faculty U. Massachusetts Amherst. Hudson Review fellow in Fiction, 1957.
Married Bette Beller, September 12, 1946. Children: Marco, Felice, Robin.