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Donaldson, Scott was born on November 11, 1928 in Minneapolis. Son of Frank Arthur and Ruth Evelyn (Chase) Donaldson.
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¡a biography of great immediacy¡there are many sections of great poignancy, many funny things, many of electric intimacy and candor¡there is spellbinding power, never more so than in describing Cheever¡¯s death, pages that are both terrible and deeply moving; one is losing an old, beloved friend. ¡ª James Salter, Los Angeles Times Book Review¡°John Cheever: A Biography¡± is clearly an indispensable book¡Donaldson moves gracefully from the personal to the literary¡solidly researched and entirely readable, admiring of the writer and knowing about the man. Stuffed with fascinating anecdotes¡It¡¯s a gut-wrenching story. Donaldson tells it straight, without embellishment, and our attention never strays. ¡ª Dan Cryer, Newsday¡°A coup of investigative reporting¡¡± ¡ª Publishers Weekly¡°¡both erudite and earthly¡What emerges is a rich tapestry that gives the reader extraordinary insight into the workings of a master storyteller¡¯s mind. ¡ª Jean Graham, New York Daily News¡°John Cheever: A Biography¡± by Scott Donaldson is as readable and ¡°unputdownable¡± as any thriller¡ ¡ª T. Coraghessan BoyleA revelation¡What a triumph. ¡ª Frederick ExleyDonaldson has set a high standard that other biographers will find difficult to equal. ¡ª John Blades, Chicago Tribune
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This is a collection of four most interesting representative essays in the current study. Paul Smith discusses the origin of the novel; James Filan studies Hemingway's achievements in the use of a complex but very appropriate narrative skills, etc..
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As James Dickey observed, Winfield Scotts story is truer of the typical destruction of an American poet than the accounts of all the Poets, Hart Cranes, and other excessives put together.
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Donaldson, Scott was born on November 11, 1928 in Minneapolis. Son of Frank Arthur and Ruth Evelyn (Chase) Donaldson.
Bachelor in English, Yale University, 1951; Master of Arts in English, University of Minnesota, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, University of Minnesota, 1966.
Reporter, Minneapolis Star, 1956-1958; editor, public, Bloomington Sun, Minnesota, 1958-1961; executive editor, Sun Newspapers, Twin City suburbs, Minnesota, 1961-1964; assistant Professor of English, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1966-1969; associate professor, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1969-1974; professor, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, since 1974; Louise G.T. Cooley Professor of English, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1984-1992.
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(¡a biography of great immediacy¡there are many sections...)
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( "Donaldson's skill is really a rare and fine art everyo...)
("Donaldson's skill is really a rare and fine art everyone...)
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Served with United States Army, 1953-1956. Member Modern Language Association, American Studies Association, Fulbright Alumni Association (board directors 1977-1980), Authors Guild, Fitzgerald Jurist (honorary) Hemingway Society (treasurer since 1999, president 2000-2002), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, National Book Critics Circuit, Minneapolis Club, Minikahda Club (Minneapolis), Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Janet Kay Mikelson, April 12, 1957 (divorced). Children— Matthew Chase, Stephen Scott, Andrew Wilson. Married Vivian Lee Baker, March 5, 1982.
Stepchildren— Janet Breckenridge, Britton Donaldson.