December 20, 1911 - January 13, 2009
American fiction and biography writer
Author of "False Entry" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 1962), "Herself: An Autobiography" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for biography in 1973) and "The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 1976)
Was the second female to become the President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1987
American fiction and biography writer
Author of "False Entry" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 1962), "Herself: An Autobiography" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for biography in 1973) and "The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 1976)
Was the second female to become the President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1987