With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Frederick R. Buckley
Fiction
1896 – 1976
- Biography/Description of Work
A native of England, Buckley immigrated to the US in 1915. Soon after his arrival, he met Tom Curry and his sister Helen, whom he married in 1916. In 1921, they moved to the house at 300 Newtown Avenue in Norwalk. He wrote pulp fiction stories and received the 1922 O’Henry Prize for “Gold-Mounted Guns” published in Red Book Magazine. Other work included short stories for Western Stories Magazine, Adventure, The Blue Book, Short Stories, and People’s. Not long after his wife’s 1931 death, he returned to England where he became a film critic.
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