Marguerite Young

American author
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Also known as: Marguerite Vivian Young
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In full:
Marguerite Vivian Young
Born:
1909, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S
Died:
Nov. 17, 1995, Indianapolis (aged 86)

Marguerite Young (born 1909, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S—died Nov. 17, 1995, Indianapolis) was an American writer best known for Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (1965), a mammoth, many-layered novel of illusion and reality. Educated at Indiana University and Butler University, Indianapolis (B.A., 1930), Young also studied at the University of Chicago (M.A., 1936) and did graduate work at the University of Iowa. Thereafter she taught at a number of schools and universities. Young’s first published works were two books of poetry, Prismatic Ground (1937) and Moderate Fable (1944). Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias (1945) examines the foundation ...(100 of 165 words)