Louis Auchincloss biography
Date of birth : 1917-09-27
Date of death : 2010-01-26
Birthplace : Lawrence, New York, U.S.
Nationality : American
Category : Famous Figures
Last modified : 2011-05-17
Credited as : Lawyer, novelist, historian and essayist, Portrait in Brownstone
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He is best known as a prolific novelist who parlayed his firsthand knowledge into dozens of finely wrought books exploring the private lives of America's East Coast patrician class (especially the world of Wall Street bankers, lawyers and stockbrokers). His dry, ironic works of fiction continued the tradition of Henry James and Edith Wharton.
Awards:
Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters (1965)
Honorary degree, New York University (Litt.D., 1974)
Honorary degree, Pace University (1979)
President, American Academy of Arts and Letters (19??)
Honorary degree, The University of the South (1986)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
"Living Landmark" status (2000), New York Landmarks Conservancy
National Medal of Arts (2005)
Author of books:
The Indifferent Children (1947, novel, pseudonym Andrew Lee)
Venus in Sparta (1958, novel)
The House of Five Talents (1960, novel)
Reflections of a Jacobite (1961, nonfiction)
Portrait in Brownstone (1962, novel)
The Rector of Justin (1964, novel)
Tales of Manhattan (1967, short stories)
Edith Wharton: A Biography (1971, biography)
Richelieu (1972, biography)
The Partners (1974, novel)
The Winthrop Covenant (1976, novel)
The Dark Lady (1977, novel)
Life, Law and Letters: Essays and Sketches (1979, essays)
Powers of Attorney (1980, short stories)
Watchfires (1982, novel)
Diary of a Yuppie (1987, novel)
Skinny Island (1987, short stories)
Three Lives (1993, short stories)
Tales of Yesteryear (1994, novel)
Education of Oscar Fairfax (1995, novel)
The Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss (1994, short stories)
Her Infinite Vanity (2000, novel)
