Charles Simmons (author)
Charles Paul Simmons (August 17, 1924 – June 1, 2017)[1] was an American editor and novelist. His first novel, Powdered Eggs (1964), was awarded the William Faulkner Foundation Award (1965) for a notable first novel. Later works include Salt Water (1998),[N 1] The Belles Lettres Papers, and Wrinkles and co-author together with Alexander Coleman of All There is to Know: Readings From the Illustrious Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
He was formerly an editor of The New York Times Book Review.[3][4] Simmons graduated from Regis High School and then Columbia University in 1948.[5]
The Belles Lettres Papers satirized the world of book review publications; the Chicago Tribune said that, in it, Simmons "mounted .50-caliber machine guns on his wings and strafed his former colleagues at the New York Times Book Review".[6] One plot point alluded to a 1985 news story[7] surrounding a newly discovered sonnet that some claimed was written by Shakespeare.[8]
Selected works
- Simmons, Charles (1973). Powdered Eggs. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140032010, 9780140032017
- Simmons, Charles (1978). Wrinkles. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. ISBN 0374293333, 9780374293338
- Simmons, Charles (1987). The Belles Lettres Papers. William Morrow. ISBN 0688060498, 9780688060497
- Simmons, Charles (1988). An Old-fashioned Darling. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140111867, 9780140111866
- Coleman, Alexander (Editor); Simmons, Charles (Editor). (1994). All There Is to Know: Readings From the Illustrious Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 067176747X, 9780671767471
- Simmons, Charles (1999). Salt Water. Gallery Books. ISBN 0671035673, 9780671035679
References
Notes
- ↑ A retelling of Turgenev's First Love, The New York Times called Salt Water "a small masterpiece".[2]
Citations
- ↑ Roberts, Sam (June 7, 2017). "Charles Simmons, Novelist and Critic, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Going Under". The New York Times. September 6, 1998.
- ↑ Simmons, Charles (13 November 1983). "24 (At Least) Little Pigs". The New York Times. p. 45. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ↑ Schiff, Stephen (1987-05-24). "Anyone we know?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ↑ "Other Deaths Reported". Columbia College Today. Fall 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ↑ Coates, Joseph (1988-11-06). "A STUNT PILOT OF LITERATURE STILL FLYING HIGH AND WILD". Chicago Tribune. p. 7 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ Taylor, Gary (1985-12-15). "SHAKESPEARE'S NEW POEM: A SCHOLAR'S CLUES AND CONCLUSIONS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- ↑ Hill, Heather (1987-07-11). "Are those Skeletons Rattling in Times's Closet?". The Gazette (Montreal). pp. J6 – via ProQuest.