Louis Auchincloss
| Louis Auchincloss | |
|---|---|
Auchincloss receiving the National Medal of Arts from President Bush (2005)
|
|
| Born | Louis Stanton Auchincloss 7 September 1917 Lawrence, New York, United States |
| Died | 26 January 2010 (aged 92) Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, lawyer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
St. Bernard's School Groton School |
| Alma mater |
Yale University University of Virginia |
| Spouse | Adele Lawrence |
| Children | 3 |
Louis Stanton Auchincloss (/ˈɔːkᵻŋklɒs/; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010) was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novelist who parlayed his experiences into books exploring the experiences and psychology of American polite society and old money. His dry, ironic works of fiction continue the tradition of Henry James and Edith Wharton. He wrote his novels initially under the name Andrew Lee, the name of an ancestor who cursed any descendent who drank or smoked.
Born in Lawrence, New York, Auchincloss was the son of Priscilla Dixon (née Stanton) and Joseph Howland Auchincloss. His brother was Howland Auchincloss and his paternal grandfather, John Winthrop Auchincloss, was the brother of Edgar Stirling Auchincloss (father of James C. Auchincloss) and Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (father of Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr.). He grew up among the privileged people about whom he would write, although, as he put it, "There was never an Auchincloss fortune…each generation of Auchincloss men either made or married its own money".
He attended St. Bernard's School, Groton School and Yale University, where he was editor of the Yale Literary Magazine. Although he did not complete his undergraduate studies at Yale, he was admitted to and attended law school at the University of Virginia. He graduated in 1941 and was admitted to the New York bar the same year.
...
Wikipedia