Hamilton Basso
1904 - 1964
General Information
Bio
(1904-1964) Writer. Hamilton Basso was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1904, and moved in 1926 to Greenwich Village in New York City where he lived for a few years. He was the author of eleven novels.
Full Name
Hamilton Basso
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1904
BIRTH
Hamilton Basso was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1904.
1926
RESIDENCE
Basso moved to Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York in 1926 and lived there for a few years.
1929
LITWORK
Relics and Angels
Novel.
Novel.
1930
RESIDENCE
Basso lived in New York during the 1930s and 1940s, writing for the New Republic, Time, and the New Yorker.
1933
LITWORK
Beauregard, the Great Creole
Biography.
Biography.
1934
LITWORK
Cinnamon Seed
Novel.
Novel.
1935
LITWORK
In Their Own Image
Novel.
Novel.
1936
LITWORK
Courthouse Square
Novel.
Novel.
1939
LITWORK
Days Before Lent
Novel. Winner of the Southern Writer's Award for 1940.
Novel. Winner of the Southern Writer's Award for 1940.
1942
LITWORK
Sun in Capricorn
Novel.
Novel.
1943
LITWORK
Mainstream
Collection of noted persons' profiles.
Collection of noted persons' profiles.
1948
LITWORK
The World from Jackson Square
Collection of writings done with his wife.
Collection of writings done with his wife.
1954
LITWORK
The View from Pompey's Head
Novel.
Novel.
1959
LITWORK
The Light Infantry Ball
Novel.
Novel.
1960
LITWORK
A Quota of Seaweed
Collection of essays.
Collection of essays.
1964
LITWORK
A Touch of the Dragon
Novel.
Novel.
1964
DEATH
Basso died in New Haven, Connecticut in 1964.
1964
INTERMENT
Basso was interred at Lyons Plain Cemetery, Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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