Glenway Wescott

Glenway Wescott (1901-87) is well remembered for his Midwest novels, The Apple of the Eye and The Grandmothers , as well as his story collection Goodbye, Wisconsin . He is the author of the classic short novel The Pilgrim Hawk and of the World War II bestseller Apartment in Athens , in addition to two volumes of essays and two volumes of journals. Jerry Rosco is the author of the biography Glenway Westcott Personally and the editor of A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956-1984 , both published...See more

Glenway Wescott (1901-87) is well remembered for his Midwest novels, The Apple of the Eye and The Grandmothers , as well as his story collection Goodbye, Wisconsin . He is the author of the classic short novel The Pilgrim Hawk and of the World War II bestseller Apartment in Athens , in addition to two volumes of essays and two volumes of journals. Jerry Rosco is the author of the biography Glenway Westcott Personally and the editor of A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956-1984 , both published by the University of Wisconsin Press. He lives in New York City. See less