Emile Capouya

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Emile Capouya was an American essayist, critic, and writer. His book 'In the sparrow Hills' won the Sue Kaufman Prize of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Mr. Capouya was born in Manhattan in 1925 and grew up in the Bronx. [1]

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Emile Capouya
Born13 August 1925
Manhattan, New York, United States
Died13 October 2005
East Meredith
Education Columbia University
Notable workIn the Sparrow Hills
Awards Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (1994)

Life

Capouya studied at Columbia University in New York City and started his working life at New Directions . From 19691981 he was Literary Editor of The Nation and wrote for The New American Review , The New York Times and The Saturday Review . Capouya published the work of Ezra Pound, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre and James Joyce. In 1971 he was appointed associate professor of English at Baruch College, where he taught for ten years.

In 1993 he published his first book of short stories, In the Sparrow Hills, a compilation of stories based on his time with Handelsmarine in World War II. It won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction.

In 1968, he married Keitha Capouya who is a publisher. Keitha was the founder of New Amsterdam Books.

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References

  1. Wright, Bruce C. T. (2005-11-07). "Emile Capouya, 80, Publisher Who Wrote Books Late in Life, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-09-04.