Hortense Calisher
Hortense Calisher · Arts & Literature
Hortense Calisher was a significant presence in American letters for over forty years, producing novels, short stories, and memoirs of striking originality and intelligence.
20 December 1911
Hortense Calisher is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Hortense Calisher was a significant presence in American letters for over forty years, producing novels, short stories, and memoirs of striking originality and intelligence.
Hortense Calisher was a significant presence in American letters for over forty years, producing novels, short stories, and memoirs of striking originality and intelligence. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Kathleen Snodgrass, and the entry is linked below.
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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Kathleen Snodgrass
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Hortense Calisher was a significant presence in American letters for over forty years, producing novels, short stories, and memoirs of striking originality and intelligence.
Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Kathleen Snodgrass
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