J u m p t o c o n t e n t
M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e ● C o n t e n t s ● C u r r e n t e v e n t s ● R a n d o m a r t i c l e ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● C o n t a c t u s ● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
A p p e a r a n c e
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 B i o g r a p h y
2 A w a r d s a n d r e c o g n i t i o n
3 B o o k s
4 R e f e r e n c e s
5 E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
M e r y l e S e c r e s t
2 l a n g u a g e s
● D e u t s c h ● F r a n ç a i s
E d i t l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
T h i s i s t h e c u r r e n t r e v i s i o n o f t h i s p a g e , a s e d i t e d b y C a t s m o k e ( t a l k | c o n t r i b s ) at 1 1 : 5 1 , 1 J u n e 2 0 2 4 . T h e p r e s e n t a d d r e s s ( U R L ) i s a p e r m a n e n t l i n k t o t h i s v e r s i o n . ( d i f f ) ← P r e v i o u s r e v i s i o n | L a t e s t r e v i s i o n ( d i f f ) | N e w e r r e v i s i o n → ( d i f f )
Meryle Secrest is an American biographer, primarily of American artists and art collectors.
Biography [ edit ]
Secrest was born in Bath, England , and educated at the City of Bath Girls School, a city-run grammar school strong in the arts and Humanities.[1] [2] journalist . She worked as women's editor for the Hamilton News in Ontario, Canada ; shortly thereafter she was named "Most Promising Young Writer" by the Canadian Women's Press Club . After marrying an American in 1964, she began writing for The Washington Post [1] Leonard Bernstein to Anaïs Nin .
In 1975, she left the Post to write books full-time. Since then she has written a number of biographies; her subjects have included Frank Lloyd Wright , Lord Duveen , Stephen Sondheim , Leonard Bernstein , Salvador Dalí , Kenneth Clark , Bernard Berenson , Romaine Brooks , Richard Rodgers , and Amedeo Modigliani . Her autobiography is entitled Shoot the Widow .
She lives in Washington, D.C. [3]
Awards and recognition [ edit ]
Secrest's Being Bernard Berenson was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1980[4] George W. Bush at the White House for illuminating the lives of great architects, artists and scholars of the 20th century.[5]
Between Me and Life: A Biography of Romaine Brooks, 1974. OCLC 969614
Being Bernard Berenson, 1979. OCLC 4549289
Kenneth Clark: A Biography, 1984. OCLC 11113241
Salvador Dalí, 1986.
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography, 1992. OCLC 26613089
Leonard Bernstein: A Life, 1994.
Stephen Sondheim: A Life, 1998.
Somewhere for Me: A Biography of Richard Rodgers , 2001. OCLC 849259450
Duveen: A Life in Art , 2004.
Shoot the Widow: Adventures of a Biographer in Search of Her Subject , 2007
Modigliani: A Life , 2011
Elsa Schiaparelli , 2014
The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti: IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World’s First Desktop Computer , 2019
References [ edit ]
^ "Meryle Secrest - Penguin Random House" . www.randomhouse.com .
^ "The 1980 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography" . The Pulitzer Prizes . New York: Columbia University. Retrieved 24 June 2018 .
^ White House—Office of the Press Secretary (8 November 2006). "President Bush Announces 2006 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Recipients" . The White House . Washington, DC: U. S. National Archives and Records Administration.
External links [ edit ]
International
National
Academics
People
Other
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meryle_Secrest&oldid=1226718961 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● A m e r i c a n b i o g r a p h e r s ● L i v i n g p e o p l e ● N a t i o n a l H u m a n i t i e s M e d a l r e c i p i e n t s ● E n g l i s h e m i g r a n t s t o C a n a d a ● A m e r i c a n a u t o b i o g r a p h e r s ● A m e r i c a n a r t h i s t o r i a n s ● A m e r i c a n w o m e n a r t h i s t o r i a n s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h F A S T i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h I S N I i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h V I A F i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h W o r l d C a t E n t i t i e s i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h B I B S Y S i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h B N E i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h B N F i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h B N F d a t a i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h G N D i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h I C C U i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h J 9 U i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h L C C N i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h N K C i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h N L A i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h N T A i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h P L W A B N i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h P o r t u g a l A i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h C I N I I i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h T r o v e i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h S N A C - I D i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h S U D O C i d e n t i f i e r s ● Y e a r o f b i r t h m i s s i n g ( l i v i n g p e o p l e )
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 J u n e 2 0 2 4 , a t 1 1 : 5 1 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
