| Helen Yglesias | |
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| Born | Helen Bassine Yglesias March 29, 1915 New York, New York |
| Died | March 28, 2008 (aged 92) New York, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable work(s) | Sweetsir (1981) |
| Spouse(s) | Bernard Cole, José Yglesias |
Helen Bassine Yglesias (March 29, 1915 – March 28, 2008) was an American novelist. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The City of New York Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The City of New York Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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Early life
Yglesias was the youngest of seven children born to Solomon and Kate Bassine, both Yiddish-speaking immigrants from the Russian-controlled portion of Poland who lived in an apartment in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Solomon Bassine was the failed owner of several grocery stores. She wrote her first novel about a teenage girl in a New York high school, on three notebooks on her kitchen table when she was a teenager herself. The book was never published, however, and, after high school, she worked at jobs selling underwear, stuffing envelopes, teaching ballroom dancing, and typing manuscripts. Yglesias worked as an editor at The Nation in 1965, by which time she was a mother of 3. This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. [1]
Career
She started writing professionally when she was 54; her first published novel was How She Died (1972). The protagonist is Mary Moody Schwartz, the daughter of a Communist who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union during the 1930s. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 According to the New York Times, it delved into "the roots of American radicalism, the story evolves into an account of one woman's struggle with cancer and the disorganized attempts of her family and friends to help her. "[1]
Arguably Yglesias' most famous work is Sweetsir (1981), about a man who like to beat his 5 wives. Set in a small New England town, the fifth wife had had enough of the cruelty and stabbed the husband to death. It goes on to tell of her trial and examines the idea of liberation. [1]
Death
Yglesias died on March 28, 2008—one day short of her 93rd birthday—in Manhattan of natural causes. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York She was survived by her daughter, Tamar Cole; a son from her first marriage, Lewis Cole; a son from her second marriage, novelist and screenwriter Rafael Yglesias; and six grandchildren. Rafael Yglesias (born May 12, 1954, in New York City) is an American Novelist and Screenwriter. [1]
Bibliography
Novels
- How She Died. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1972; London, Heinemann, 1973.
- Family Feeling. New York, Dial Press, 1976; London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1977.
- Sweetsir. New York, Simon and Schuster, and London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1981.
- The Saviors. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1987.
- The Girls. Harrison, New York, Delphinium Books, 1999.
Short stories
- "Semi-Private," in the New Yorker, 5 February 1972.
- "Kaddish and Other Matters," in the New Yorker, 6 May 1974.
- "Liar, Liar," in Seventeen (New York), February 1976.
Other
- Starting: Early, Anew, Over, and Late. New York, Rawson Wade, 1978.
- Isabel Bishop. New York, Rizzoli, 1989.
References
- ^ a b c d Hevesi, Dennis. "Helen Yglesias, Who Wrote of Women, Is Dead at 92", New York Times, 2008-04-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Retrieved on 2008-04-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople
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