Robert Nichols (author) explained
Robert Nichols (15 July 1919 – October 14, 2010) was an American poet, playwright, novelist, and architect.[1]
Biography
Born Robert Brayton Nichols in Worcester, Massachusetts[1] 15 July 1919, Nichols served as an officer in the United States Navy in World War II, and attended and earned two degrees from Harvard University, the first a bachelors and the second in landscape architecture.[1] His work in landscape architecture includes a redesign of Washington Square Park.[1] Nichols' poetry includes the volumes Red Shift (1977),[2] and Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train (1962, number 15 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series).[3] [4] He also wrote the short story collection, In the Air (1991),[5] and novels, including From the Steam Room (1993),[6] and a four-part series of novellas set in the utopia Nghsi-Altai.[2] Nichols was a co-founder of the Judson Poets Theatre,[7] [8] and participated in the Theater for the New City[9] and the Bread and Puppet Theater.[10] [11]
Nichols' first marriage was to the Village Voice editor, Mary Perot Nichols, which ended in divorce in 1969.[1] [12] Nichols married author Grace Paley in 1972, and they remained married until her death in 2007.[13]
Further reading
Notes and References
- Amateau, Albert . October 21, 2010 . Robert Nichols, 91, led Wash. Sq. ’69 renovation . . 80 . 21 . March 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118071607/https://www.thevillager.com/villager_391/robertnichols.html . January 18, 2012.
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/utopianstudies.24.2.0264 Jaeckle, Daniel P. "The Green Anarchist Utopia of Robert Nichols's Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai." Utopian Studies 24, no. 2 (2013): 264-82. Accessed February 27, 2021
- Web site: Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train . 2005-03-09 . Clifford Garstang . 2024-07-08 . 2024-07-08 . https://archive.today/20240708174126/https://cliffordgarstang.com/slow-newsreel-of-man-riding-train/ . live .
- Web site: Robert Nichols, 91, led Wash. Sq. ’69 renovation . 2010-10-21 . The Villager . 2024-07-09 . 2012-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118071607/https://www.thevillager.com/villager_391/robertnichols.html . dead .
- Web site: In the Air . PW - Publishers Weekly . 2024-07-08 . 2024-07-08 . https://archive.today/20240708172924/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780801841958 . live .
- Web site: From the Steam Room . PW - Publishers Weekly . 2024-07-08 . 2024-07-08 . https://archive.today/20240708173207/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780884481294 . live .
- Web site: Al Carmines and the Judson Poets’ Theater . 2 . Judson Memorial Church . 2024-07-08 . 2022-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203000256/http://classic.judson.org/images/AlCarminesandtheJPT.pdf . live .
- Web site: Larry Kornfeld . 162 . Judson Memorial Church . 2024-07-08 . 2022-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203095355/http://classic.judson.org/images/Judson_House_25_Larry_Kornfeld.pdf . live .
- Web site: TNC Street Theater Summer Tour – THE SOCIALIZATION OF A SOCIAL WORKER or JUSTICE IN A TIME OF NEED (2024) . 2024-07-08 . Theater for the New City . 2024-07-08 . 2024-07-08 . https://archive.today/20240708170957/https://theaterforthenewcity.net/shows/tnc-street-theater-summer-tour-the-socialization-of-a-social-worker-or-justice-in-a-time-of-need-2024/ . live .
- Web site: Elka Schumann In Memoriam . Bread and Puppet Theater . 2024-07-08 . 2024-07-08 . https://archive.today/20240708172221/https://breadandpuppet.org/elka-schumann-in-memoriam . live .
- Web site: About B & P’s 60 Year History . Bread and Puppet Theater . 2024-07-08 . 2024-07-08 . https://archive.today/20240708172448/https://breadandpuppet.org/about-b-ps-50-year-history . live .
- News: Stout . David . May 22, 1996 . Mary Perot Nichols, 69, Who Led WNYC, Dies . The New York Times . 2023-12-30 . D21.
- News: Grace Paley, 84; writer's Bronx-tinged stories focused on working-class lives . Elaine . Woo . . 98 . 2007-08-24 . 2023-12-30 . Newspapers.com.
