Joyce Elbert
Joyce Elbert | |
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| Born | 26 February 1930 Bronx,New York,USA |
| Died | 8 May 2009(aged 79) Volusia,Florida,USA |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Hunter College |
| Years active | 1963–1984 |
| Notable works | The Crazy Ladies(1969),The Goddess Hangup(1970) |
Joyce Elbert(February 26, 1930 - May 8, 2009) was an American writer. She was the author of ten published novels and a collection of memoirs.
Life and career
[edit]Elbert was born in theBronx,New York City,on February 26, 1930, the only child of Melba and Charles Krimmer,[1]an Austrian immigrant whose once-thriving dress manufacturing company went bankrupt during the Great Depression.[2]She attended New York City'sChristopher Columbus High School (Bronx)[3]andHunter College,from which she received a bachelor of arts degree in Journalism in 1952.[4]
In 1958, Elbert was one of the founding editors of theProvincetown Review,[5]a literary magazine for which authorNorman Mailerserved as advisor. Her first novel, the semi-autobiographicalGetting Rid of Richard,was completed in 1959[6]although it didn't see publication until 1972. Her 1969 novel,The Crazy Ladies,was dubbed "the first really great dirty book" byCosmopolitanmagazine.[7]By 1980, more than 5,000,000 copies of her books were in print worldwide,[8]including translations into Spanish, French, and German.
Elbert's last published novel,The Return of the Crazy Ladies,was released in 1984. She died on May 8, 2009, in Volusia, Florida,[9]of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), leaving behind at least seven unpublished novels, as well as several short stories and autobiographical essays.
Works
[edit]Novels
- A Martini on the Other Table(1963) Signet
- The Crazy Ladies(1969) New American Library
- The Goddess Hangup(1970) World Publishing Group
- Getting Rid of Richard(1972) Arbor House
- Drunk in Madrid(1972) Arbor House
- The Three of Us(1973) Arbor House
- The Crazy Lovers(1976) Rawson, Wade
- A Very Cagey Lady(1980) Signet
- Red Eye Blues(1981) Signet
- The Return of the Crazy Ladies(1984) Signet
Memoirs
- A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs(2022) Tough Poets Press
Notes
[edit]- ^"Joyce Krimmer",United States census,1930; Bronx, New York, United States; roll 1468, page 2A, line 50, enumeration district 160, Family History film 2341203, National Archives film number T626. Retrieved on June 6, 2022.
- ^Elbert, Joyce (2022).A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs.Arlington, MA: Tough Poets Press. p. 5.
- ^Weisman, John (May 1969). "Book review: The Crazy Ladies".FM & Fine Arts.Beverly Hills, CA: Macro/Comm Corporation. p. 41.
- ^"Hunter College of the City of New York 101st Commencement Exercises"(PDF).Hunter College Libraries. February 5, 1952.RetrievedJune 6,2022.
- ^Busa, Christopher (1996)."Crying at the Lock: the Journals of John Hultberg"(PDF).Provincetown Arts.Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Arts Press, Inc. p. 55.RetrievedJune 4,2022.
- ^Elbert, Joyce (2022).A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs.Arlington, MA: Tough Poets Press. p. 100.
- ^Curtis, Gregory (March 1974). "Chariots in the Bedroom".Texas Monthly.Austin, TX: Texas Monthly LLC. p. 16.
- ^Elbert, Joyce (1980).A Very Cagey Lady.New York City, NY: Signet Books. p. Cover.
- ^"United States Social Security Death Index".Family Search.2009.RetrievedJune 6,2022.
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