Background
Roger Kenvin was born on May 26, 1926, in New York City. He is the son of James Marion and Gladys Irene (Macdonald) Kenvin.
Roger earned a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 1959 and a Doctor of Fine Arts from Yale University in 1961.
Roger received a Master of Arts from Harvard University in 1956.
Roger received a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College in 1949.
(Twelve short stories set on an island off the coast of Ma...)
Twelve short stories set on an island off the coast of Maine celebrating island virtues in all their realistic, humorous, and tragic aspects. One meets the sturdy permanent residents like Ben Whitefield, who runs the local ferry; Bennett Sims, crusty propietor of the General Store; Eleanor Loring, the Calvinistic piano teacher; Nick, the quirky gas station owner; Maurice Pelletier, town mortician, who knows all; and Grace Hamilton, the B & B owner with a mystery; plus the fascinating summer visitors like Jenny, Patrick, and Harpo Curtis, whose lives criss-cross many of these stories; Hartley Skeuse, the musical prodigy from Philadelphia; and amorous librarian Austria Noon, who pursues Patrick Curtis via Dr. Samuel Johnson, Mozart, Federico Fellini, and June Allyson's beef stew. Through birth, marriage, death, in all kinds of weather, including a rousing hurricane, Spanish Island comes vividly to life in all its Spartan beauty through Kenvin's prose.
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1997
(Seventeen short stories of the twentieth-century set in I...)
Seventeen short stories of the twentieth-century set in India, Spain, Ireland, Wales, New Hampshire, New York, Virginia, and California ranging from hilarious comedy to insightful character studies and forays into fascinating situations and cultures. Two of the stories center around the New York World's Fair of 1939, emblematic of a turning point for the author when the world that went before zapped into the World of Tomorrow that few expected was coming. Many of these stories have been published in literary magazines and read by the author to delighted audiences from London to California and even on ships at sea.
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1999
(Necessary Ports is a witty, vivacious travel memoir based...)
Necessary Ports is a witty, vivacious travel memoir based on the youthful adventures of the husband-wife authors in Europe and India. Sailing for Paris on the Queen Elizabeth in the 1950s, they hoped for jobs in France, but instead wound up in Switzerland at Le Rosey, teaching students from twenty-two nations, among them the present Duke of Kent and Aga Khan.
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2000
(It offers Kenvin's favorite theatre history stories, plus...)
It offers Kenvin's favorite theatre history stories, plus tips on acting, directing, playwriting, film, and discussions of theatre people like JoAnne Akalaitis, Lee Breuer, Robert Kalfin, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Schechner, Joseph Papp, Hildy Parks, and Jean Rosenthal.
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2003
(The fascinating life of John Gabriel Beckman, artist, mur...)
The fascinating life of John Gabriel Beckman, artist, muralist, art director for many films. He also did the Grauman's Chinese Theater murals, the murals at Catalina Island's casino, and was art director of films and television shows.
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2006
Roger Kenvin was born on May 26, 1926, in New York City. He is the son of James Marion and Gladys Irene (Macdonald) Kenvin.
Roger received a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College in 1949, a Master of Arts from Harvard University in 1956. He also earned a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 1959 and a Doctor of Fine Arts from Yale University in 1961.
Roger began his career as eastern district manager in Independent Agency Division of Crowell-Collier Publishing company, New York City, in 1950. He then worked as a copywriter for direct mail for two years. In 1953, he became teacher of English and Latin at Le Rosey, a private school in Rolle, Switzerland. In 1959 Kenvin took the position of assistant professor at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Later he was promoted to associate professor of dramatic arts. From 1968 to 1970 Kenvin was professor of speech and theater and chairperson of Cooperative Department of Speech and Theater at the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. After that he transfered to Mary Washington College on the position of professor of dramatic arts and speech, which he held for thirteen years. Later he also worked as professor of dramatic arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, when in 1996 he became publisher and editor at July Blue Press, Alexandria, New Hampshire.
During his life Kenvin also wrote a great number of stories, which were compiled in several collections of short stories, including Harpo’s Garden and Other Stories, The Cantabrigian Rowing Society’s Saturday Night Bash, and Trylons and Perispheres. Kenvin is also the author of a play Krishnalight, The Gaffer and Seven Fables, and After the Silver Age. He is a frequent contributor to periodicals, including Crescent Review, Roanoke Review, South Carolina Review, River Oak Review, New Letters Oasis, and Palo Alto Review.
(It offers Kenvin's favorite theatre history stories, plus...)
2003(Seventeen short stories of the twentieth-century set in I...)
1999(Twelve short stories set on an island off the coast of Ma...)
1997(Necessary Ports is a witty, vivacious travel memoir based...)
2000(The fascinating life of John Gabriel Beckman, artist, mur...)
2006(Fifteen international short stories.)
1998Kenvin is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, New Hampshire Writers Project, Small Press Center (New York City).
Roger married Verna Rudd Trimble on April 5, 1952. They have two daughters: Brooke Trimble Kenvin Goldstein and Heather Trimble Kenvin Hietala.