Claire Nicolas White

Claire Nicolas White (June 18, 1925 – May 26, 2020)[1] was an American poet, novelist and translator of Dutch literature. She was a niece of Aldous Huxley and the granddaughter-in-law of architect Stanford White.[2]

Life

White was born in Groet, Netherlands,[1] the daughter of Joep Nicolas, a Dutch stained-glass artist who emigrated to America just before World War II. She grew up in the European exile community in New York City. Her husband, the sculptor Robert White, was a grandson of Stanford White.[2]

White's literary papers are held by Stony Brook University.[3]

Works

Translations
  • (tr. with Louise Varèse) The Time of Our Lives (Journal d'une petite fille) by Martine Rouchaud, 1946.
  • The Assault by Harry Mulisch, 1985. Translated from the Dutch.
  • A Night in May (La Nuit de mai) by Alfred de Musset, 1989. Translated from the French.
  • A Letter of Time by Hans van de Waarsenburg, 1989. Translated from the Dutch (5 of the 7 poems).
  • The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé, 1993. Translated from the Dutch.
  • My Father's War: A Novel by Adriaan van Dis, 1996. Translated from the Dutch.

Other
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gollark: That also doesn't mean you should completely ban programs you don't consider a "good idea".
gollark: You know you *can* and often *should* turn off boot from disks, right?
gollark: Many, many things, but the bit they've complained about is the auto-copy-to-disks thing.

References
  1. T. B. R. Staff (June 19, 2020). "Claire Nicolas White, Iconic Figure of the LI Arts Community". TBR Newsmedia. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  2. Aaron W. Godfrey, Review of Fragments of Stained Glass Archived 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, New Oxford Review, September 1990
  3. Claire Nicolas White Collection
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