Francis Steegmuller (July 3, 1906 – October 20, 1994) was an American biographer, translator and fiction writer, who was known chiefly as a
Flaubert scholar.
"Francis Steegmuller: A Life of Letters." Interview by Lucy Latane Gordon. Wilson Library Bulletin (January, 1992): 62-64, 136.[4]
Quotations
"I’m told that when
Auden died, they found his Oxford [English Dictionary] all but clawed to pieces. That is the way a
poet and his
dictionary should come out."[5]
Series: I. MS Am 1823: Letters to
E. E. Cummings, (1261) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906- 3 letters; 1959-1962.
Series: II. MS Am 1823.1: Letters from
E. E. Cummings, (353) King, Madeleine, recipient. 1 letter; [1959] Includes letters to Stephen K. Oberbeck, Charlotte B. Howe, Mae Ward and F. Steegmuller
Series: III. MS Am 1823.2: Letters to Marion (Morehouse) Cummings, (241) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906- 1 letter; 1959.
Series: I. Correspondence, (939) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-. Correspondence with
Harry Levin, 1954-1987. 3 folders.
Series: III. Other correspondence
B. Letters to Elena Levin, (1226) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-. Letter to Elena Levin, 1970. 1 folder.
C. Correspondence by others, (1261) Bond, W.H. (William Henry), 1915-. Letters to others, 1966-1978. 1 folder. Includes letters to Francis Steegmuller,
The Times Literary Supplement, and Jeremy Treglown.
33 autograph and typescript postcards and letters dating from 1965 to 1978 from Francis Steegmuller to Charles Antin of
Viking Press, all relating to Steegmuller's translation of
Flaubert's Novembre.
Biographical references
Many of the pages cited below can be read on
Google Books if you click on the title of the book.
The Greenwich Library Oral History Project for School days remembered: oral history interview with Francis Steegmuller by Catherine McNamara. A copy of this interview may be purchased at the Oral History Project office.
Francis Steegmuller (July 3, 1906 – October 20, 1994) was an American biographer, translator and fiction writer, who was known chiefly as a
Flaubert scholar.
"Francis Steegmuller: A Life of Letters." Interview by Lucy Latane Gordon. Wilson Library Bulletin (January, 1992): 62-64, 136.[4]
Quotations
"I’m told that when
Auden died, they found his Oxford [English Dictionary] all but clawed to pieces. That is the way a
poet and his
dictionary should come out."[5]
Series: I. MS Am 1823: Letters to
E. E. Cummings, (1261) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906- 3 letters; 1959-1962.
Series: II. MS Am 1823.1: Letters from
E. E. Cummings, (353) King, Madeleine, recipient. 1 letter; [1959] Includes letters to Stephen K. Oberbeck, Charlotte B. Howe, Mae Ward and F. Steegmuller
Series: III. MS Am 1823.2: Letters to Marion (Morehouse) Cummings, (241) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906- 1 letter; 1959.
Series: I. Correspondence, (939) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-. Correspondence with
Harry Levin, 1954-1987. 3 folders.
Series: III. Other correspondence
B. Letters to Elena Levin, (1226) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-. Letter to Elena Levin, 1970. 1 folder.
C. Correspondence by others, (1261) Bond, W.H. (William Henry), 1915-. Letters to others, 1966-1978. 1 folder. Includes letters to Francis Steegmuller,
The Times Literary Supplement, and Jeremy Treglown.
33 autograph and typescript postcards and letters dating from 1965 to 1978 from Francis Steegmuller to Charles Antin of
Viking Press, all relating to Steegmuller's translation of
Flaubert's Novembre.
Biographical references
Many of the pages cited below can be read on
Google Books if you click on the title of the book.
The Greenwich Library Oral History Project for School days remembered: oral history interview with Francis Steegmuller by Catherine McNamara. A copy of this interview may be purchased at the Oral History Project office.