Chandler brossard biography

Chandler Brossard, 71, writer, editor and educator who published 17 books of fiction and nonfiction. Born in Idaho Falls and raised in Washington, D.C., Brossard dropped out of school at 11 and educated himself by reading classic literature. He became a copy boy and later a reporter at the Washington Post, then served as a writer and editor at the New Yorker, Time and Look magazines. Brossard wrote his first novel, “Who Walks in Darkness,” in 1952. He collaborated with Vincent Price in editing “Eighteen Best Stories of Edgar Allen Poe” and edited a series of essays on sex and science titled “The Scene Before You: A New Approach to American Culture.” He taught or was writer in residence at the State University College at Old Westbury, N.Y., the University of Birmingham in England, the New School for Social Research in New York, Schiller College in Paris, UC Riverside and UC San Diego. On Sunday in New York of cancer.

American novelist

Chandler Brossard (July 18, 1922 – August 29, 1993) was an American novelist, writer, editor, and teacher. He wrote or edited a total of 17 books. With a challenging style and outsider characters, Brossard had limited critical success in the United States. His novels were more appreciated in France and Great Britain.

His early works have been described as "landmarks of the postwar American novel."^[1] Since 2000, three of his novels have been reprinted.

Early life and education

Brossard was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and had brothers Vincent and Boyd and a sister Adele. Both their mother Therese and father were from educated Mormon elite and upper-middle-class families who were major landowners in the area. After the parents separated, Brossard's mother struggled to support the family.^[2] The family moved to Washington, D.C., where Brossard grew up. He dropped out of school at the age of 11 and was chiefly self-educated. He suffered from migraines starting in childhood.^[2]

Career

Brossard started as a copy boy at The Washington Post at the age of 18, and began writing as a reporter.^[3]

He moved to New York and at the age of 19 was hired by The New Yorker. The editor

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