Bryna Ivens Untermeyer Explained

Bryna Ivens Untermeyer (August 27, 1909 - March 1985) was an American writer and editor. She was an editor for She and Seventeen, from which she also edited story collections.^[1] She also edited collections of children stories with her husband poet Louis Untermeyer and wrote a book about one of their cats from its perspective, Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan.^[2]

Untermeyer was fiction and feature editor at Seventeen until 1948.^{[3] [4]}

She is credited as a writer for the 1941 film Murder on Lenox Avenue. Untermeyer wrote Memoir for Mrs. Sullivan about her family's cat.^[5] She edited Sorry Dear, an illustrated collection of sayings from famous authors.

Personal life

Bryna Ivens married poet Louis Untermeyer in 1948,^[6] though the legal status of the marriage was contested. Untermeyer was 62 while Ivens was 39.^[7] They edited collections of classic children's tales together. Jan Struther inscribed a poem about a cat to the couple.^[8]

Selected works

• Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan^[9] illustrated by Barry Gelle
• The Seventeen Reader edited by Bryna Ivens. Lippincott^[10]
• Legendary Animals (1954), a collection of tales featuring animals
• Stories first published in the magazine Seventeen with a wide range of theme and mood, all featuring teenagers; Fun and fancy (1958)
• Old friends and lasting favorites (1962)
• Wonder Lands (1962), a collection of folk tales
• The golden treasury of children's literature (1966), a collection of classic fairy tales
• Sorry Dear, editor, by Bryna Ivens Untermeyer. Golden Press, New York (1968)^[11]
• The Love Poems of Robert Herrick and John Donne, edited with her husband

Notes and References

1. Web site: Varied Fare; NINETEEN FROM SEVENTEEN. Edited by Bryna Ivens. 239 pp. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. $2.75.. E. L.. B. September 28, 1952. NYTimes.com.
2. Book: Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens. Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan. May 2, 2001. 9780595179190. iUnkverse.
3. Web site: Letter from Bradley Kelly to Helen Keller enclosing copies of 'Reading Times' regarding Mark Twain (... December 4, 1958. 2020-08-22. www.afb.org.
4. News: Taylor. Claire. 1962-03-07. Noted Anthologist Visits Sanibel. 18. News-Press. 2020-08-22. Newspapers.com.
5. News: Low. Ruth. 1966-04-03. Bryna Untermeyer is Author of Charming Book About Pets. 56. The Bridgeport Post. 2020-08-22. Newspapers.com.
6. Book: Untermeyer, Louis. The Paths of Poetry: Twenty-Five Poets & Their Poems. June 30, 2000. iUniverse. 9780595006533. Google Books.
7. News: Poet's Status a Puzzle. The New York Times. 28 June 1950.
8. Web site: Jan Struther poem and obituary clipping, 1953. researchworks.oclc.org.
9. Book: Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens. Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan. May 30, 2001. iUniverse. 9780595179190. Google Books.
10. News: 1951-02-18. The Year After Sweet Sixteen. 38. The Knoxville Journal. 2020-08-22. Newspapers.com.
11. Web site: Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens [WorldCat Identities]].