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| birth_name = Caroline Laws<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/caroline_laws_born_1934_1690047|title=Caroline Laws, Born 01/13/1934 in California - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|website=Californiabirthindex.org|accessdate=August 12, 2017}}</ref> |
| birth_name = Caroline Laws<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/caroline_laws_born_1934_1690047|title=Caroline Laws, Born 01/13/1934 in California - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|website=Californiabirthindex.org|accessdate=August 12, 2017}}</ref> |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|01|13}} |
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| birth_place = [[Pasadena, California]], U.S. |
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| death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]]<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |last=Rourke |first=Mary |url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-me-carolyn-see-snap-story.html |title=Carolyn See, award-winning Southern California writer, dies at 82 | |
| death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |last=Rourke |first=Mary |url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-me-carolyn-see-snap-story.html |title=Carolyn See, award-winning Southern California writer, dies at 82 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=14 July 2016 |accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref> |
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'''Carolyn See''' ( |
'''Carolyn See''' (née '''Laws'''; January 13, 1934 – July 13, 2016) was a [[Professor Emerita|professor emerita]] of English at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carolynsee.com/?page_id=9|title=About Carolyn See - Carolynsee.com|website=Carolynsee.com|accessdate=August 12, 2017|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051835/http://www.carolynsee.com/?page_id=9|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the author of ten books, including the memoir, ''Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America'', an advice book on writing, ''Making a Literary Life'', and the novels ''There Will Never Be Another You, [[Golden Days (novel)|Golden Days]],'' and ''The Handyman.'' See was also a book critic for the [[The Washington Post|Washington Post]] for 27 years. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life and education== |
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On January 13, 1934, Caroline Laws was born in [[Pasadena, California]] to Kate Louise Sullivan Daly and George Laws.<ref name=ContInt /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers|last=Davis|first=Patti|publisher=Hay House, Inc.|year=2009|isbn=9781401921620|location=United States of America|pages=[https://archive.org/details/livesourmothersl00davi/page/11 11–18]|url=https://archive.org/details/livesourmothersl00davi/page/11}}</ref> Her father was a would-be novelist and occasional journalist.<ref name=ContInt>{{cite journal |last1=See |first1=Carolyn |title=Carolyn See |journal=Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series |date=1995 |volume=22 |url=http://www.carolynsee.com/Interviews/contemporary1.pdf |accessdate=October 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215357/http://www.carolynsee.com/Interviews/contemporary1.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She spent her early years in Eagle Rock, California.<ref name=":1" /> Her father abandoned them when she was eleven and she was raised by her mother whom she described as a mean alcoholic.<ref name=ContInt /><ref name=":1" /> Her mother eventually remarried and got pregnant, and 16-year-old Caroline was sent to live with her father and stepmother in Los Angeles.<ref name=":1" /> Her half-sister struggled with addiction and eventually died from heroin.<ref name=":1" /> |
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⚫ | She earned her associate degree from [[Los Angeles City College]]. During her second year at City College, she married Richard See and moved with him to Newfoundland where he was mustered for the Korean War.<ref name="ContInt" /> When they returned to L.A., See earned her M.A. from [[California State University, Los Angeles]] and gave birth to her first daughter, [[Lisa See]].<ref name="ContInt" /><ref name=":0" /> See won the Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Contest in 1958 for her unpublished novel ''The Waiting Game'' and used the $250 prize money to pay for her divorce from Richard See.<ref name="ContInt" /> See later finished her doctorate at UCLA and her dissertation was on the Hollywood novel.<ref name=":0" /> |
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At the age of 16, Carolyn went to live with her father and his new wife in Los Angeles.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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⚫ | In the late 1960s See began writing articles for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and celebrity profiles for [[TV Guide]].<ref name=ContInt /> At this time See worked out her writing habit—one thousand words a day on white unlined paper in felt pens.<ref name=ContInt /> While writing non-fiction articles and reviews, See was approached by [[Little, Brown and Company|Little, Brown]] editor Harry Sions who encouraged her to write a novel which became ''The Rest is Done with Mirrors''.<ref name=ContInt /> |
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⚫ | See's first teaching job was as a professor of English at [[Loyola Marymount University]] from 1970 until 1985.<ref name=ContInt /><ref name=":0" /> This was followed by a period as a visiting professor of English at her alma mater, [[UCLA]], from 1986 to 1989, where she would later become an adjunct professor.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} See also earned money by testifying for the defense in pornography trials, leading to the successful book ''Blue Money: Pornography and the Pornographers''.<ref>Carolyn See, [http://therumpus.net/2009/10/the-scholars-and-the-pornographer The Scholars and the Pornographer]," The Rumpus October 13, 2009</ref> |
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⚫ | In the late 1960s See began writing articles for the [[Los Angeles Times]] and celebrity profiles for [[TV Guide]].<ref name=ContInt /> At this time See worked out her writing habit—one thousand words a day on white unlined paper in felt pens.<ref name=ContInt /> While writing non-fiction articles and reviews, See was approached by [[Little, Brown and Company|Little, Brown]] editor Harry Sions who encouraged her to write a novel which became ''The Rest is Done with Mirrors''.<ref name=ContInt /> |
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⚫ | Besides writing, See also contributed to the literary world through reviews, and sat on review boards for awards. See was a frequent book reviewer for ''[[The Washington Post]]''<ref name=":1" /> having previously been a book reviewer for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and ''[[Newsday]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} See retired from the Washington Post in 2014 after 27 years.<ref name=retire>{{cite news|last1=Charles|first1=Ron|title=Carolyn See retires from Book World|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style-blog/wp/2014/08/05/carolyn-see-retires-from-book-world/|accessdate=8 October 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=5 August 2014}}</ref> She had been on the boards of the [[National Book Critics Circle]] and PENWest International.<ref name=":1" /> |
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⚫ | See's first teaching job was as a professor of English at [[Loyola Marymount University]] from 1970 until 1985. |
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⚫ | Besides writing, See also contributed to the literary world through reviews, and sat on review boards for awards. See was a frequent book reviewer for ''[[The Washington Post]]''<ref name=":1" /> having previously been a book reviewer for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and ''[[Newsday]]''. |
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See also wrote books with her daughter Lisa See and John Espey under the pen name Monica Highland. |
See also wrote books with her daughter Lisa See and John Espey under the pen name Monica Highland. |
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See was known for writing novels set in Los Angeles and co-edited books that revolved around the city, including a book of short stories, ''LA Shorts'', and the pictorial books ''Santa Monica Bay: Paradise by the Sea : A Pictorial History of Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga & Malibu'', and ''The California Pop-Up Book'', which |
See was known for writing novels set in Los Angeles and co-edited books that revolved around the city, including a book of short stories, ''LA Shorts'', and the pictorial books ''Santa Monica Bay: Paradise by the Sea : A Pictorial History of Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga & Malibu'', and ''The California Pop-Up Book'', which celebrated the city's unique architecture. |
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== Writing life == |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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See |
See was married to Richard See from 1954 to 1959. They had one daughter, novelist [[Lisa See]] (born 1955). Her second husband was Tom Sturak, with whom she had a daughter, Clara Sturak (born 1965). Both marriages ended in divorce.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rourke |first=Mary |date=2016-07-14 |title=Carolyn See, award-winning Southern California writer, dies at 82 |url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-me-carolyn-see-snap-story.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ContInt" /> She was then in a relationship with [[John Espey]] from 1974 until his death in 2000. |
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⚫ | See described her ideal day as one in which she could "write two hours, work in the yard for two hours, and write ten pieces of mail, that's all I want to do. It never works out that--or not often."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pearlman |first=Mickey |title=Inter/View: Talks with America's Writing Women |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=1990 |isbn=9780813159683 |pages=114}}</ref> |
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⚫ | See was a [[feminist]], and said of [[Betty Friedan]]'s ''[[The Feminine Mystique]]'', "I was one of the persons whose lives that book changed."<ref name="ContInt" /> After the publication of ''Rhine Maidens'', See announced that she was no longer interested in writing women's novel.<ref name=":0" /> See was of the opinion that ''Blue Money'' was the only book of hers that men ever read.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Philosophical and/or political views == |
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⚫ | See was a [[feminist]], and said of [[Betty Friedan]]'s ''[[The Feminine Mystique]]'', "I was one of the persons whose lives that book changed."<ref name="ContInt" /> After the publication of ''Rhine Maidens'', See announced that she |
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===Awards=== |
===Awards=== |
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See won both the [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] and the [[Getty Center]] fellowship.<ref name=":1" /> She was also awarded the [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize|Robert Kirsch Award]] by the [[Los Angeles Times]] in 1993, an honor bestowed upon an author who writes about or lives in the West.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = http://www.latimes.com/la-bk-carolyn-see-1993-10-31-story.html|title = Carolyn See, the Poet Laureate of Topanga Canyon|last = Kirsch|first = Jonathan|date = 31 October 1993|work = Los Angeles Times|access-date = 19 October 2015 |
See won both the [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] and the [[Getty Center]] fellowship.<ref name=":1" /> She was also awarded the [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize|Robert Kirsch Award]] by the [[Los Angeles Times]] in 1993, an honor bestowed upon an author who writes about or lives in the West.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = http://www.latimes.com/la-bk-carolyn-see-1993-10-31-story.html|title = Carolyn See, the Poet Laureate of Topanga Canyon|last = Kirsch|first = Jonathan|date = 31 October 1993|work = Los Angeles Times|access-date = 19 October 2015}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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* Clara Sturak, [http://magazine.ucla.edu/year2001/spring01_03.html The Last Man of Letters], ''UCLA Magazine'', Spring 2001. |
* Clara Sturak, [http://magazine.ucla.edu/year2001/spring01_03.html The Last Man of Letters], ''UCLA Magazine'', Spring 2001. |
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* [https://www.carolynsee.com/ Official Website] |
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* [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4721/See-Carolyn.html "Extended biography," Jrank] |
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* [http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/rc/library/display.pperl?isbn=9780345440471&view=qa Conversation with Carolyn and Lisa See] |
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/rc/library/display.pperl?isbn=9780345440471&view=qa Conversation with Carolyn and Lisa See] |
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* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2008/02/27/LI2008022702387.html Review archive -- ''The Washington Post''] |
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2008/02/27/LI2008022702387.html Review archive -- ''The Washington Post''] |
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* [http://articles.latimes.com/writers/carolyn-see Article archive -- ''The Los Angeles Times''] |
* [http://articles.latimes.com/writers/carolyn-see Article archive -- ''The Los Angeles Times''] |
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Revision as of 04:23, 6 May 2024
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Born | Caroline Laws[1] January 13, 1934 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
Died | July 13, 2016 Santa Monica, California, U.S.[2] | (aged 82)
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Spouses | Richard See
(m. 1954; div. 1959)Tom Sturak
(m. 1960; div. 1969) |
Children | 2, including Lisa See |
Carolyn See (née Laws; January 13, 1934 – July 13, 2016) was a professor emerita of English at the University of California, Los Angeles,[3] and the author of ten books, including the memoir, Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America, an advice book on writing, Making a Literary Life, and the novels There Will Never Be Another You, Golden Days, and The Handyman. See was also a book critic for the Washington Post for 27 years.
Early life and education
On January 13, 1934, Caroline Laws was born in Pasadena, California to Kate Louise Sullivan Daly and George Laws.[4][5][6] Her father was a would-be novelist and occasional journalist.[4] She spent her early years in Eagle Rock, California.[6] Her father abandoned them when she was eleven and she was raised by her mother whom she described as a mean alcoholic.[4][6] Her mother eventually remarried and got pregnant, and 16-year-old Caroline was sent to live with her father and stepmother in Los Angeles.[6] Her half-sister struggled with addiction and eventually died from heroin.[6]
She earned her associate degree from Los Angeles City College. During her second year at City College, she married Richard See and moved with him to Newfoundland where he was mustered for the Korean War.[4] When they returned to L.A., See earned her M.A. from California State University, Los Angeles and gave birth to her first daughter, Lisa See.[4][5] See won the Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Contest in 1958 for her unpublished novel The Waiting Game and used the $250 prize money to pay for her divorce from Richard See.[4] See later finished her doctorate at UCLA and her dissertation was on the Hollywood novel.[5]
Career
In the late 1960s See began writing articles for the Los Angeles Times and celebrity profiles for TV Guide.[4] At this time See worked out her writing habit—one thousand words a day on white unlined paper in felt pens.[4] While writing non-fiction articles and reviews, See was approached by Little, Brown editor Harry Sions who encouraged her to write a novel which became The Rest is Done with Mirrors.[4]
See's first teaching job was as a professor of English at Loyola Marymount University from 1970 until 1985.[4][5] This was followed by a period as a visiting professor of English at her alma mater, UCLA, from 1986 to 1989, where she would later become an adjunct professor.[citation needed] See also earned money by testifying for the defense in pornography trials, leading to the successful book Blue Money: Pornography and the Pornographers.[7]
Besides writing, See also contributed to the literary world through reviews, and sat on review boards for awards. See was a frequent book reviewer for The Washington Post[6] having previously been a book reviewer for the Los Angeles Times and Newsday.[citation needed] See retired from the Washington Post in 2014 after 27 years.[8] She had been on the boards of the National Book Critics Circle and PENWest International.[6]
See also wrote books with her daughter Lisa See and John Espey under the pen name Monica Highland.
See was known for writing novels set in Los Angeles and co-edited books that revolved around the city, including a book of short stories, LA Shorts, and the pictorial books Santa Monica Bay: Paradise by the Sea : A Pictorial History of Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga & Malibu, and The California Pop-Up Book, which celebrated the city's unique architecture.
Personal life
See was married to Richard See from 1954 to 1959. They had one daughter, novelist Lisa See (born 1955). Her second husband was Tom Sturak, with whom she had a daughter, Clara Sturak (born 1965). Both marriages ended in divorce.[9][4] She was then in a relationship with John Espey from 1974 until his death in 2000.
She resided in Pacific Palisades, California.
See described her ideal day as one in which she could "write two hours, work in the yard for two hours, and write ten pieces of mail, that's all I want to do. It never works out that--or not often."[10]
See was a feminist, and said of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, "I was one of the persons whose lives that book changed."[4] After the publication of Rhine Maidens, See announced that she was no longer interested in writing women's novel.[5] See was of the opinion that Blue Money was the only book of hers that men ever read.[5]
Published works
Novels
- The Rest Is Done with Mirrors. New York, Little Brown, 1970.
- Mothers, Daughters. New York, Coward McCann Geoghegan, 1977.
- Rhine Maidens. New York, Coward McCann Geoghegan, 1980; Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin, 1981.
- Golden Days. New York, McGraw Hill, 1986; London, Century, 1987.
- Making History. New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
- The Handyman. New York, Random House, 1999.
- There Will Never Be Another You. New York, Random House, 2006.
Non-fiction
- Blue Money: Pornography and the Pornographers. New York, Rawson, 1973.
- Two Schools of Thought, with John Espey. Santa Barbara, California, Daniel, 1991.
- Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America. New York, Random House, 1995.
- Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers New York, Random House, 2002.
Novels as Monica Highland (with Lisa See and John Espey)
- Lotus Land. New York, McGraw Hill, 1983.
- 110 Shanghai Road. New York, McGraw Hill, 1986.
- Greetings from Southern California. New York, McGraw Hill, 1988.
Awards
See won both the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Getty Center fellowship.[6] She was also awarded the Robert Kirsch Award by the Los Angeles Times in 1993, an honor bestowed upon an author who writes about or lives in the West.[5]
References
- ^ "Caroline Laws, Born 01/13/1934 in California - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". Californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
- ^ Rourke, Mary (July 14, 2016). "Carolyn See, award-winning Southern California writer, dies at 82". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ "About Carolyn See - Carolynsee.com". Carolynsee.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l See, Carolyn (1995). "Carolyn See" (PDF). Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kirsch, Jonathan (October 31, 1993). "Carolyn See, the Poet Laureate of Topanga Canyon". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Davis, Patti (2009). The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers. United States of America: Hay House, Inc. pp. 11–18. ISBN 9781401921620.
- ^ Carolyn See, The Scholars and the Pornographer," The Rumpus October 13, 2009
- ^ Charles, Ron (August 5, 2014). "Carolyn See retires from Book World". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ Rourke, Mary (July 14, 2016). "Carolyn See, award-winning Southern California writer, dies at 82". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ Pearlman, Mickey (1990). Inter/View: Talks with America's Writing Women. University Press of Kentucky. p. 114. ISBN 9780813159683.
External links
- Clara Sturak, The Last Man of Letters, UCLA Magazine, Spring 2001.
- Official Website
- Conversation with Carolyn and Lisa See
- Review archive -- The Washington Post
- Article archive -- The Los Angeles Times
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- American columnists
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