Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle | |
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| Born | Katherine Evans Boyle February 19, 1902 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | December 27, 1992 (aged 90) Mill Valley, California, U.S. |
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| Partner | Ernest Walsh (1926) |
| Children | 6 |
Kay Boyle (February 19, 1902 – December 27, 1992) was an American novelist, short story writer, educator, and political activist. Boyle is best known for her fiction, which often explored the intersections of personal and political themes. Her work contributed significantly to modernist literature, and she was an active participant in the expatriate literary scene in Paris during the 1920s. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Award winner.