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.
Bruce Catton
Journalism/Non-Fiction
1899 – 1978
- Biography/Description of Work
Historian and journalist known for his Civil War histories and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for “A Stillness at Appomattox.” One of the original figurehead writers of the Famous Writers School established in Westport in the late 1950s as an off-shoot of the Famous Artists School.
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