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(1885-1928) Poet, novelist. Elinor Morton Wylie was educated at the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and the Holton Arms School, Washington, D.C., and in 1905 she eloped with Horace Wylie, to whom she was married in 1916. The Wylies were divorced in 1923 and she then married William Rose Benet, the poet and critic. Wylie’s work consists of four novels and four volumes of verse.

Full Name

Elinor Wylie

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Elinor Wylie lived in New York City.

1885

BIRTH

Elinor Morton Hoyt was born in Somerville, New Jersey, in 1885.

1921

LITWORK

Nets to Catch the Wind


Collection of poetry.

1923

LITWORK

Jennifer Lorn


Novel.

1923

LITWORK

Black Armour


Collection of poetry.

1925

LITWORK

The Venetian Glass Nephew


Novel.

1926

LITWORK

The Orphan Angel


Novel.

1928

DEATH

Elinor Wylie died in New York, New York, in 1928.

1928

INTERMENT

Elinor Wylie was interred in Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

1928

LITWORK

Mr. Hodge and Mrs. Hazard


Novel.

1928

LITWORK

Trivial Breath


Collection of poetry.

1929

LITWORK

Angels and Earthly Creatures


Collection of poetry.

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