Bryna Ivens Untermeyer
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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 her marriage when she partnered with her husband on various literary projects.[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.
Bryna Ivens married poet Louis Untermeyer in 1948.[6] She was his fourth wife, though the legal status of the marriage was contested.[7] They edited collections of classic children's tales together. When Louis Utermeyer died in 1977 she became a widow.
Jan Struther inscribed a poem about a cat to the couple.[8] A review in the Detroit Free Press recommended her cat book as having a place in every aelurophile's collection.[9]
Selected works
- Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan[10] illustrated by Barry Gelle
- The Seventeen Reader edited by Bryna Ivens. Lippincott[11]
- 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)[12]
- The Love Poems of Robert Herrick and John Donne, edited with her husband
References
- ^ B, E. L. (September 28, 1952). "Varied Fare; NINETEEN FROM SEVENTEEN. Edited by Bryna Ivens. 239 pp. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. $2.75" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens (May 2, 2001). "Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan" – via iUnkverse.
- ^ "Letter from Bradley Kelly to Helen Keller enclosing copies of 'Reading Times' regarding Mark Twain (... December 4, 1958". www.afb.org. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ Taylor, Claire (1962-03-07). "Noted Anthologist Visits Sanibel". News-Press. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-08-22 – via Newspapers.com.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Low, Ruth (1966-04-03). "Bryna Untermeyer is Author of Charming Book About Pets". The Bridgeport Post. p. 56. Retrieved 2020-08-22 – via Newspapers.com.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Untermeyer, Louis (June 30, 2000). "The Paths of Poetry: Twenty-Five Poets & Their Poems". iUniverse – via Google Books.
- ^ "Poet's Status a Puzzle". The New York Times. 28 June 1950.
- ^ "Jan Struther poem and obituary clipping, 1953". researchworks.oclc.org.
- ^ "Story of an outspoken Cat - Bryna Ivens Untermeyer". March 27, 1966. p. 23 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens (May 30, 2001). "Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan". iUniverse – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Year After Sweet Sixteen". The Knoxville Journal. 1951-02-18. p. 38. Retrieved 2020-08-22 – via Newspapers.com.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Untermeyer, Bryna Ivens [WorldCat Identities]".
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