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Evelyn Toynton, an American living in England, is the author of three novels and a biography of Jackson Pollock, as well as a memoir of her German-Jewish refugee family which appeared in May 2024. Her essays, short memoirs, and reviews have appeared in the London Review of Books..[1], Harper’s Magazine[2], The Atlantic][3], The American Scholar[4], Salmagundi Magazine[5], Prospect[6], and the Times Literary Supplement[7] among other publications.
Personal life
[edit]Toynton is married to the British abstract painter Norman Toynton. They lived for many years in the United States, before returning to the UK where they now live on the North Norfolk coast[8].
Books
[edit]- Modern Art (2000, Delphinium)[9], widely reviewed and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year[10], later published in Russian[11] and Chinese translations.
- The Oriental Wife (2011, Other Press) a novel, was optioned for a film[12] and appeared in a Greek translation[11]. "A first-rate literary work and a character study of loss" Kirkus Reviews[13]
- Jackson Pollock (2012) was published in Yale University Press’s Icons of America series[14]
- Inheritance; a novel (2019, Other Press) was reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement by Rohan Maitzen[7]
- They were good Germans once (May 2024, Delphinium/HarperCollins)[15] is a memoir of her German-Jewish family who left Nazi Germany to establish themselves in the USA[16]
Essays and articles
[edit]- The Sorrow and the Pity: Mark Rothko Revisited, The New England Review (Fall 1994)[17]
- The Wittgenstein Controversy, The Atlantic (1 June 1997)
- Rereadings: Seventeen authors revisit books they love, (ed. Anne Fadiman) Farrar Straus & Giroux (2006) [18];
- Mentors, Muses & Monsters:30 writers on the people who changed their lives(ed. Elizabeth Benedict) State University Press of New York (2012)[19]
- Novel Writing: A writers' and artists' companion (eds. Romesh Guneseken & A.L. Kennedy) Bloomsbury (2015)[20]
- Diary: Weekly Drills London Review of Books (13 September 2018)
- Table Talk: Affording to Live, The Threepenny Review, (Winter 2023)[21]
- The Doc, Salmagundi Magazine (Fall-Winter 2023-24) [5]
Residencies and fellowships
[edit]Toynton has been awarded multiple residencies and fellowships[22]: the Corporation of Yaddo, the Djerassi Artists Residency, the Maison Dora Maar, the Chateau de Lavigny Writers' Residence, the International Writers' Residency, the International Center for Writers & Translators in Nida, Lithuania, and the Spiti tis Logotexnias in Paros, Greece.
References
[edit]- ^ "Evelyn Toynton".
- ^ "A delicious torment, by Evelyn Toynton".
- ^ "Evelyn Toynton, The Atlantic". The Atlantic.
- ^ "Evelyn Toynton, Author at The American Scholar". The American Scholar.
- ^ a b "The Doc". Salmagundi Magazine.
- ^ "Evelyn Toynton - Prospect Magazine". www.prospectmagazine.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Eugenics and the English country garden".
- ^ "About". evelyntoynton.com.
- ^ "Modern Art – HarperCollins".
- ^ "Notable Books". archive.nytimes.com.
- ^ a b "The Oriental Wife by Evelyn Toynton | Penguin Random House Canada". www.penguinrandomhouse.ca.
- ^ "Modern Art: A Novel".
- ^ "THE ORIENTAL WIFE | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ Bray, Christopher (February 26, 2012). "Jackson Pollock by Evelyn Toynton – review". The Observer – via The Guardian.
- ^ "They Were Good Germans Once - Evelyn Toynton | Published by Delphinium Books".
- ^ "Special Interview with Elizabeth Benedict and Evelyn Toynton". May 17, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ Toynton, Evelyn (1994). "The Sorrow and the Pity: Mark Rothko Revisited". New England Review (1990-). 16 (4): 188–191. JSTOR 40242966 – via JSTOR.
- ^ ""Rereadings": Bibliophiles bound to reread collection again and again". The Seattle Times. September 16, 2005.
- ^ Mentors, Muses & Monsters – via sunypress.edu.
- ^ "Novel Writing: A Writers' and Artists' Companion: Writers' and Artists' Companions Romesh Gunesekera Bloomsbury Academic".
- ^ "Affording to Live – The Threepenny Review".
- ^ "Evelyn Toynton – HarperCollins".