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Janet Lewis

Born: 08/17/1899   Chicago , IL
Died: 12/01/1998
Parents: Edwin Herbert Lewis and Elizabeth Lewis
Spouse: Yvor Winters
Children: Joanna Thompson and Daniel Lewis

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Swans : an Opera in three acts
- Collaborated with Alva Henderson, a composer for whom she wrote three libretti and song texts after the story by the Brothers Grimm 		Fiction Adult Santa Barbara, CA : John Daniel Publishers 1986
The Wife of Martin Guerre Historical Fiction Adult Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press 1967
Keiko's Bubble Fiction Children Garden City, NY : Doubleday 1961
The Ghost of Monsieur Scarron
- Louis XIV, 1643-1715 		Historical Fiction Adult Denver, Co : A. Swallow 1959
Poems, 1924-1944 Poetry Adult Denver, Co : A. Swallow 1950
Trial of Soren Qvist
- Biographical Fiction of Denmark's Christian IV and Soren Qvist 		Fiction , Biography Adult Garden City, NY : Doubleday 1947
Good-bye, Son, and Other Stories
- Short Stories 		Fiction Adult Garden City, NY : Doubleday 1946
The Invasion: A Narrative of Events Concerning the Johnston Family of St. Mary's
- Based on family stories she heard as a child. The Invasion displays well-researched historical accuracy, an innate understanding of and feeling for Native American culture enhanced by the author's fluency in the Ojibway language. 		Fiction , Michigan History Adult Harcourt 1932
Gyroscope
- Founded with her husband an influential literary journal that served as center for a group led by Yvor Winters 		Poetry Adult 1929 -1931
The Friendly Adventures of Ollie Ostrich Fiction , Michigan Children Garden City, NY : Doubleday 1923
The Indians in the Woods : Poems of Janet Lewis Poetry Adult Bonn, Germany : M. Wheeler 1922
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Lewis was a poet and concentrated on imagery, rhymes, and lyricism to achieve her goal. "I became a writer in the country, during summer vacations on Neebish and St. Joseph's Islands."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
University of Chicago Alumni Association Award for Professional Achievement 1982
Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Writing for research in Paris 1950 -1951
Shelley Memorial Award for Poetry 1948
Friends of American Writers Award for The Invasion 1932

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 41 1987
Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, edition(s) 1987 1987
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 9-12R Contemporary Authors - Obituary, volume(s) 172 (1990) Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 29, 63 Contemporary Authors Permanent Series, volume(s) 1 		1974 -1998
Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources--American Literary Studies: Janet Lewis Papers

Memberships:

Name Date
The Poetry Club of the University of Chicago

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) University of Chicago Chicago , IL 1920
Associate of Arts (A. A.) Lewis Institute Chicago , IL 1918

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Taught creative writing and literature courses University of California Berkeley 1978
Taught creative writing and literature courses Stanford University Stanford 1966 -1970
Teacher Lewis Institute Chicago , IL
Proofreader Redbook Magazine Chicago , IL

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