In Paris after the Second World War she met a group of American writers there: Eudora Welty
, whom she judges the best writer among them, Truman Capote
, Carson McCullers
,
Dinesen was fascinated by Monroe's prettiness, vitality, and innocence: they reminded her, she said, of a lion cub. The old and the young woman danced together (though not, as legend relates, on the table).
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5 February 2008
Intertextuality and Influence
Olive Senior
OS
took up writing seriously after taking a Creative Writing course while doing her degree in Print Journalism at the Carleton University School of Journalism
in Ottawa, Canada. During the 1960s and 1970s she...
Timeline
11 July 1960
Harper Lee
(full name Nelle Harper Lee) published her novelTo Kill a Mockingbird. She had to revise it radically for acceptance, but it quickly became phenomenally popular.