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Gerald and Sara Murphy

1940 Diary

May 7, 2012 by timpage
Cover 1940 Diary

Powell begins what will become “A Time to Be Born.” The last year before America enters World War II. Amusing vignettes about Tanaquil LeClercq as a ten-year-old diva, Ernest Hemingway, and Gerald and Sara Murphy. “Angels on Toast” is published and dedicated to her new editor, Maxwell Perkins. Powell was already beginning to plot “A … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diaries Tagged: 1940, A Time to Be Born, Angels on Toast, Clare Boothe Luce, Dawn Powell, Diary, Ernest Hemingway, Gerald and Sara Murphy, Maxwell Perkins, roman a clef, Tanaquil LeClercq, World War, World War II

1950 Diary

May 7, 2012 by timpage
Cover 1950 Diary

Much time spent with Gerald and Sara Murphy. Powell inspired to start work on “The Wicked Pavilion.” In November, Powell makes her one and only trip to Europe, where she lives in Paris at the Hotel Lutetia. Powell begins planning her novel “The Wicked Pavilion” during a visit to the Murphy estate on the Hudson … [Read more…]

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