Arts & Letters in 20th Century Connecticut

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.

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    • O'Connor, Flannery

      Flannery O'Connor

      1925 – 1964

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      Cine Studio office now

      1925 – ick

      was this and that in 1950, now Office

    • Ogden, Hugh

      Hugh Ogden

      1937 – 2006

    • O'Hara, Mary

      Mary O'Hara

      1885 – 1980

    • O'Hara, Dorothea Warren

      Dorothea Warren O'Hara

      1873 – 1972

    • Olsen, Herbert V.

      Herbert V. Olsen

      1905 – 1973

    • Olson, Joseph Olaf

      Joseph Olaf Olson

      1894 – 1979

    • O'Neill, Eugene

      Eugene O'Neill

      1888 – 1953

      Playwright and winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature, Eugene O’Neill spent summers in his youth at the family’s only permanent home, a modest house overlooking the Thames River in New London.

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