Thornton Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975)

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Samuel M. Steward, also known by the pen name Phil Andros, was a novelist and tattoo artist from Ohio, later based in Oakland. Thornton Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the two plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth—and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day. Gertrude Stein, who at the time regularly corresponded with the both of them, introduced Steward to Wilder. Wilder drafted the third act of Our Town during a brief visit by Steward in Zurich, their first meeting. They began a sexual friendship then that lasted 11 years. Steward kept records of his many sexual encounters in a card index he called his "Stud File". They included Rudolph Valentino (a month before his death at 31, when Steward was 17) and Roy Fitzgerald Douglas (who became Rock Hudson). Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring was published in 2010. The book was the recipient of many literary honors, and was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Timeline & Places:

April 17, 1897: born at 211 W Gilman St, Madison, WI 53703, USA

1900s: lived at 140 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53703, Stati Uniti

1900s: lived at Maple Bluff, WI, Stati Uniti

1915: attended Berkeley High School, 1980 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, Stati Uniti

1918: attended Oberlin College, 173 W Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, Stati Uniti

1920: attended Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, Stati Uniti

1921 to 1928: taught Lawrenceville School, 2500 Main Street, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, Stati Uniti

1926: attended Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, Stati Uniti

1929: built 50 Deepwood Dr, Hamden, CT 06517, USA

December 7, 1975: died. Buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery, 3801 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT 06518, Stati Uniti

References:

Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story at a Time
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Comments

[tizi17.livejournal.com]

i read one of his porn books and was astonished by the very beautiful and high level style of his writing, despite the sujet.
and his biography is very interesting.
thanks for mentioning him.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

well, he was after all one of the most interesting LGBT "literary" figure, friend of Gertrude Stein, lover of Thorton Wilder and Lord Alfred Douglas, I bet that, even when writing porn, he was on an higher level than average

[innersmile.livejournal.com]

I met Samuel Steward through Phil Andros, back in the eighties, when I used to buy his novels in seedy London bookstores, and I keep on being his fan, both from Phil and from Sammy.

have a great 2012, Elisa, and keep up with all the joy you give us in the coming new year

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Do you still have those seedy novels? ;-) they are collectible items now. Secret Historian was a wonderful homage to this man, I recommend it if you haven't already read it.

[innersmile.livejournal.com]

they are the ones whose covers you posted, with the Tom of Finland pictures.
I haven't read it yet, but I have it in my Amazon wish list